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Indonesia calls Greenpeace-CNN report ‘absurd’ Indonesia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar has taken a broadside at both CNN and Greenpeace, for a particularly un-constructive look at palm oil, deforestation and fires in East Malaysia and Kalimantan. Palm Oil Monitor issued… Read more

People who don’t know anything about palm oil really shouldn’t be writing “gotcha” articles about palm oil. The latest in that genre – from none other than CNN – is replete with errors of fact, data, and assumption. It’s more… Read more

Trade Update: Malaysia and WTO, EU goes harder on RI Malaysian officials stated that it would file its WTO complaint on the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in the first quarter of 2020. At an event in Malaysia last week,… Read more

COMMENT: A Decade after G20 Pittsburgh and CGF Zero Deforestation Just over 10 years ago, the world had its eyes on Pittsburgh for the G20 meeting. The world was expecting major announcements on climate change in the lead-up to the… Read more

COMMENT: EU aid lobby seems happy to ban palm oil. How about fighting fires instead? This year’s haze event has been highlighted by a number of aid agencies, campaigners  and politicians around the world, particularly in the West. But this… Read more

NYDF: Another year, another commitment The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) has released its first five-year assessment report, and it’s pretty sobering reading for those who were present when the 2014 declaration was signed. For those who weren’t around… Read more

Trade War Update The EU has hit back at Indonesia’s proposal to slap duties in European dairy products in response to the EU’s countervailing duties on biodiesel, with its most aggressive statement to date. According to news reports, the EU’s… Read more

Trade War Update As stated last week, a number of commentators are now referring to the palm oil spat between the EU and ASEAN countries as a ‘trade war’. POM will be happy to use that term for the time… Read more

Malaysia looks for palm friendly UK FTA Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on the UK to commence negotiating a trade agreement with Malaysia once the Brexit process is completed. Unsurprisingly, he has specifically called on the UK… Read more