President Trump met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday to discuss a future trade deal between the two countries, as the U.S. tries to counter the influence of China on the African continent. Trump said the first such bilateral agreement between the U.S. and a nation in sub-Saharan Africa would “probably” happen. The Kenya trade deal would come on the heels of two other trade deals recently brokered by the Trump administration, one with China and one with Canada and Mexico. The Trump administration and Pentagon leaders have also repeatedly expressed concerns over Russia’s expanding influence on the continent. Kenyatta quashed concerns that a bilateral free trade deal would undermine a new pan-African free trade agreement aimed at creating the world’s largest common market.

Source: Fox News February 06, 2020 21:33 UTC