Economics

Greenpeace Urges Kenya to Shun U.S. Plastics Push in Trade Talks

  • Greenpeace says proposed hub would reverse plastics-bags ban
  • Kenya in negotiations U.S. on new free-trade agreement
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Kenya must reject a bilateral trade deal with the U.S. as it includes proposals by a lobby group to expand the plastics industry’s footprint across Africa, effectively reversing the country’s ban on the use of plastic bags, Greenpeace said.