Tanzania, May 22 -- Dar es Salaam. Just two weeks after Tanzania and Kenyan leaders agreed to remove all trade barriers by mid-year in an effort to raise the countries' trade to $1 billion, a Tanzania-based company is protesting Kenya's 35 percent duty on its products.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Kenyan counterpart William Ruto said two weeks ago that they have set June 30, 2026 as the deadline for eliminating remaining non-tariff barriers, in line with a directive of the East African Community summit.

The barriers, they said, have long affected trade in various products, with cross-border shipments often delayed by documentation and regulatory differences.

Bilateral trade between Kenya and Tanzania reached $860.3 million in ...