Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77820

Economic Partnership Agreements: Kenya

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Kenya on the sunset clause on investment in the UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) does not contain expiry provisions or ‘sunset clauses’, so preferential market access will continue indefinitely. The EPA does include a ‘rendez-vous clause’, committing Parties to conclude negotiations on...

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