In Malaysia, CNA reported that the government of Malaysia said it will closely monitor how the EU responds to a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that supported the bloc’s stance that palm oil-based biodiesel should not count as a renewable biofuel, but sought changes in how it implemented that decision.The report noted that a WTO […]
In Geneva, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Malaysia in “European Union and Certain Member States — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels”. Malaysia challenges certain measures introduced by the European Union (EU) concerning biofuels, notably those relating to the determination of palm oil as a […]
In Switzerland, the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed at its meeting on Monday to a request from Indonesia for the establishment of a dispute panel to review countervailing duties imposed by the European Union on imports of biodiesel from Indonesia. Indonesia submitted its second request for the establishment of a panel to […]
