Malaysia wants EU to suspend anit-palm oil policy until its scientific voracity can be proven

In Malaysia, the Bernama news agency reports that the country’s palm oil council says the European Union’s sustainability criteria for biofuels banning the oil’s use due to allegedly high indirect land use change impacts should be suspended until the ILUC rule can be proven to be scientifically-based and non-discriminatory. In response to the EU’s rule approved earlier this month, the country has said that it would implement trade barriers against European imports and halt negotiations for an EU-Malaysian free trade agreement in retaliation.