Overview
- Act: Trade Remedies Act, 2017
- Formed: 2018
The National Trade Negotiations Council (NTNC) of Kenya was established in 2017 under the Trade Remedies Act. Its mandate is to coordinate and enhance Kenya’s participation in international trade negotiations, ensuring the country’s interests are represented effectively. The council aims to boost export growth,
increase Kenya’s GDP share from exports, and align trade policies with national development goals. The NTNC operates under the Ministry of Investments, Trade, and Industry, emphasizing a collaborative approach among various stakeholders.
Functions
- Co-ordinate with government ministries, state departments, state corporations on all bilateral, regional, inter-regional and multilateral trade matters;
- Identify trade policy gaps, give guidance and advise to the government on the way forward;
- Analyze all concluded trade agreements and advise the government on their implications to the Kenyan economy and how to take advantage of them to increase the country’s external trade;
- Analyze all received negotiating agendas/proposals and consequently generate negotiating positions and strategies;
- Undertake research and analysis required to inform negotiating proposals and the positions the country should take;
- Analyze all trade documents, notifications, coming from WTO, UNCTAD, EPAs, AGOA,
- EAC, COMESA, CFTA and other trade organizations and advise the government as necessary;
- Liaise with mandated national bodies for preparation of notifications which Kenya will notify to other countries;
- Analyze received notifications from other countries and advise the Government as appropriate;
- Advise government on possible options to pursue on addressing emerging trade disputes;
- Join other EAC Partner States in preparation and participation in the EAC Trade Policy Reviews undertaken by the WTO in Geneva;
- Advise Government on how to engage WTO, UNCTAD and ITC on implementation of trade agreements, preparation of SMEs to be export-ready as well as policy analysis and research in order to grow the country`s external trade;
- Organize (in consultation with the ministry responsible for trade matters and county governments) outreach programmes intended to sensitize the business community on the implications of concluded trade agreements and greater involvement of private sector on the way forward;
- Develop fundraising strategies in consultation with the ministry responsible for trade;
Important Links
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Address & Contacts
- P.O. Box 30430 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
- Teleposta Towers 18Th Floor
- PR79+GR Nairobi
- ps.trade@trade.go.ke
- (+254)203315001/2-4