April 22, 2021
According to former Speaker of the House John Boehner, everything in the Republican Party would be going swimmingly if everyone had just listened to him: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, John McCain, Harry Reid, the “knuckleheads” and “legislative terrorists” on his team. Even “Lucifer in the flesh” Ted Cruz. The thread that connects all of them is their failure to not greedily gulp Boehner’s pearls of wisdom.
Everyone is the hero of their own memoir, and Boehner certainly is in his. Yet in recounting his path to power and evolution from bomb-thrower to embodiment of the establishment he fails to reckon with his role in bringing to bear the “legislative terrorism” he so graphically (and profanely) decries.
US seeks more time in Kenya trade talks
Thursday April 22 2021
Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Betty C. Maina speaking at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, JKIA on Monday, January 18, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By BRIAN NGUGI
Summary
A new trade deal between Kenya and the US may delay after President Joe Biden’s administration sought more time to scrutinise the pact that had been negotiated by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
The request by Washington could affect a critical deadline for securing swift passage of the deal in the US Congress.
A new trade deal between Kenya and the US may delay after President Joe Biden’s administration sought more time to scrutinise the pact that had been negotiated by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
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President Biden has set out a sweeping trade agenda designed to
restore the U.S. economy, U.S. leadership and U.S. partnerships. A
legacy of unilateral action and global tariffs, however, will take
time to moderate and require due consideration of the global
economic reality, as well as a political balancing act. View the Biden
Administration s full trade agenda. This article discusses
what you need to consider right now.
Shift in Tone and Focus
In his first 100 days, President Biden has outlined a trade
(NAFB) – The deadline for the U.S. to negotiate bilateral trade deals with the UK and Kenya under rules for streamlined Congressional approval has expired.
Technically, the current Trade Promotion Authority allowing up-or-down votes on trade deals with no amendments, expires June 30.
But American Farm Bureau trade advisor Dave Salmonsen says the actual deadline has come and gone.