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EU-funded Lobby Groups Push for Faster Palm Oil Ban Powerful EU-funded lobby groups – led by Transport and Environment (T&E) which includes large NGOs such as Friends of the Earth and WWF Europe – have re-started their campaign to phase… Read more

Analysis: Should The UK’s Due Diligence Be Broad Or Narrow? The consultation for the UK’s due diligence regulation is continuing apace. NGOs and UK Members of Parliament have taken to social media in a major way, with both sides of… Read more

In last week’s Food Navigator, co-host of the Palm Oil Monitor, Khalil Hegarty, weighs in on Indonesia’s calls for the UK and Indonesia to agree ‘mutual recognition’ of each other’s regulatory frameworks, as part of the UK’s planned Due Diligence… Read more

Australian confectioner Darrell Lea has added its name to the list of companies that have ‘boycotted’ palm oil – supposedly for environmental reasons. The company made the announcement with considerable fanfare, featuring a promotional clip of an orang-utan playing drums.… Read more

Two prominent Indonesian lawmakers have hit out at ‘black campaigns’ against palm oil underway in the European Union in Indonesian parliament last week.The comments come at a time when trade negotiations between Brussels and Jakarta appear to have hit an… Read more

As we have pointed out on several occasions over the past few months, the UK is planning on introducing a ‘due diligence’ regulation for imported agricultural commodities – including palm oil. The new due diligence regulation was – until recently… Read more

The Court of International Trade has ordered the US Department of Commerce to revisit its countervailing duties on Indonesian biodiesel.The US has had duties on Indonesian biodiesel since late 2017, but Indonesian exports to the US effectively ended in 2016.… Read more

Indonesian trade officials have gone on the offensive on their trade defense for palm oil and started a pushback on the EU’s possible limits on 3-MCPD from palm oil.Deputy Trade Minister Jerry Sambuaga recently told Indonesian media, “Palm oil is… Read more

Indonesia has picked up a number of allies in its battle with the EU over the bloc’s ban of palm oil in its renewable energy scheme.An additional 18 countries have reserved their rights to participate in the proceedings as third… Read more

In today’s Jakarta Post, co-host of the Palm Oil Monitor, Khalil Hegarty, writes on last week’s decision by the WTO to green light Indonesia’s request to form a panel on its complaint against the European Union’s revised Renewable Energy Directive… Read more