Indonesia has filed a WTO complaint against the EU’s anti-palm oil policies.The move came in response to EU policy that penalises biofuels refiners for using palm oil.
In mid-December 2019, Indonesia tiled a complaint in Geneva, stating that EU anti-palm oil policies are an unjustified restriction on Indonesian exports. The move came in response to an EU policy banning the use of palm oil for use in biofuels
“The Indonesian government objected to the elimination of the use of biofuel from palm oil by the EU,” Indonesia’s Director General of Foreign Trade Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana stated.
TH EU is also facing diplomatic nad trade pressure from Malaysia over the issue, and exports of palm oil from PNG are potentially implicated.