POM Insights

China, Russia Deal With MY on Palm Malaysia and China are renegotiating an agreement on the country’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL). The resumed negotiation…

Memo from Brussels Delegations from Malaysia and Indonesia visited Brussels last week in order to make their positions clearer on the ban of palm oil…

RED gets even hotter Just when we thought it wasn’t possible for the RED issue to gain more traction, it has done precisely that. The…

Indonesia blocks imports from the EU In a dramatic escalation in the war over palm oil, Indonesia has upped the stakes and this week tightened…

Malaysia, Indonesia respond to the palm oil ban Both Malaysia and Indonesia have responded aggressively to the final version of the RED Delegated Act. This…

Analysing the Final Delegated Act: the Commission Doubles Down The European Commission has published its final version of the Delegated Act for the Renewable Energy…

Accompanying the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) draft Delegated Act released on 8th February 2019, the European Commission released its scientific report that attempted to determine…

A Big Week in Brussels Last week was particularly busy for anyone dealing with the politics of palm oil in Brussels. Here’s an overview. The…

POM Insight: Delegated Act Scientific Report The EU is attempting to do two things in the Delegated Act’s scientific report. First, it’s trying to provide…

EXCLUSIVE: PM Mahathir’s letter on eve of Norway visit Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry, together with EU officials, will be in Kuala Lumpur this…