Following a joint trade mission to the European Union (EU), Malaysia and Indonesia criticised the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) as “inherently discriminatory and punitive in nature”. In a joint statement on Wednesday (May 31), both countries warned that the regulation would have detrimental effects on international trade and also hinder the palm oil industry’s…
The European Union is willing to work with the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) to address its concerns over the EU’s deforestation regulation, says deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof. Fadillah, who is also the plantation and commodities minister, said the five EU leaders he met in Brussels yesterday took a serious view of…
Government, through Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto, voiced rejection to the European Union (EU) over palm oil discrimination through EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) while meeting with Non-Governmental Organizations’ (NGOs’) and Civil Society Organizations’ (CSOs’) representatives. “Implementation of the EUDR will clearly hurt and harm plantation and forestry commodities that are so important to us, such…
