Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand looking to WTO if EU doesn’t shift on palm oil

In Malaysia, the New Straits Times reports that Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister confirmed Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand will retaliate against the European Union’s discrimination towards palm oil for biofuels if the trade bloc doesn’t back down from its attacks. He said the discrimination results in “crop apartheid” and could jeopardize the EU-Malaysia free trade agreement. The World Trade Organization is likely the body where the countries would go to seek resolution if the EU continues to push back against palm oil.