Ruto, who spoke after meeting Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza in Bujumbura Tuesday, termed the deal a chance to increase trade. The deal will be signed next week after a Sectoral Council of Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment by the region's countries. The decision by Tanzania not to sign the deal leaves the region, and specifically Kenya, at a great risk of losing revenue when exporting goods to the European Union. Updated Thu, July 14th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3Kenya and Burundi are set to sign an agreement that will see them sell agricultural products to Europe duty-free. All four partner states, except Tanzania, agreed to sign the agreement.

Source: Standard Digital July 13, 2016 19:52 UTC