Delays, Protests and Pushback: A Watershed Week in Palm
BREAKING: The EU has delayed its vote on the Deforestation Regulation. Word has come through from Brussels that the plenary vote on the EUDR scheduled…
Is the EU Listening to Palm Oil Producers?
EU officials may have changed tack on consultations with developing countries when it comes to the Deforestation Regulation and other trade barriers being imposed by…
The Millions Behind Anti-Palm Campaigns
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) launched a report this week that called on Procter and Gamble and Mondelez, among others, to cut all ties with the…
CPOPC Meet Consolidates Region on Palm
On Thursday of last week, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto and Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof met in Jakarta to focus…
Can the EU Salvage its ASEAN Relationships?
EU officials appear to have gone into damage control in response to the palpable anger from Indonesia and Malaysia in response to the Deforestation Regulation….
EU Lives in Denial, Greenpeace Ditches Global South
Rokas on Deforestation Regulation: Nothing to see here EU officials are once again acting as though European discrimination against palm oil does not exist when…
POM Special Alert: ASEAN Anger Grows as EU Vote Looms
What to Know: Southeast Asian anger and frustration towards Brussels is growing in the lead-up to today’s Committee vote in the European Parliament on the…
Jakarta and Putrajaya Find Unity Against Brussels
Indonesia and Malaysia Line Up Against Brussels Malaysia has thrown its weight behind Indonesia’s rebuke of the EU’s Deforestation Regulation. Indonesia’s President Jokowi and Malaysian…
Jokowi Sends Clear Message to Brussels: Deforestation Regulation Risks Europe’s Future in Indonesia
EU-Indonesia relationship at risk: At last week’s EU-ASEAN Summit, Indonesian President Jokowi made comments that signal an erosion of trade and cooperation between the two…
The Deforestation Regulation: Win or Lose for Palm?
The EU’s agreement on a final Deforestation Regulation prompts a simple question: is this a major victory for palm oil’s European opponents, or can the…
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