The assessment will focus on provisions covering trade in goods and services, the right of establishment and the pursuit of economic activities
By
Rosemary Mirondo
Business Reporter
Mwananchi Communications Ltd
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is assessing Kenya’s decision to restrict foreign nationals from engaging in small-scale trading to determine whether the measures comply with the East African Community (EAC) Common Market Protocol.
They are barred from areas like mobile money transfers, tour guiding, small-scale mining and curio shops.
Kenya’s move to shut down small businesses operated by foreign nationals is putting its binding commitments under the East…
The group warned that measures targeting foreign traders could prompt retaliatory policies against Kenyan small businesses abroad.
From an international trade law perspective, domestic policy measures that restrict market access conflict with the binding…
A growing number of African countries are restricting foreign nationals from small-scale businesses as governments seek to…
President Ruto says small businesses should be reserved for Kenyans as his government moves against foreign traders.
