WTO largely supports EU’s determination on palm oil

World Trade Organization (WTO) experts on Friday largely supported the European Union’s (EU) restrictions on the use of palm oil in biofuels after Indonesia filed a complaint.

Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil, requested the panel to review the relevant EU restrictions in 2019. According to a Geneva-based trade official, the dispute panel “basically ruled in favor of the EU.”

The official added that the panel found certain deficiencies in the preparation, issuance and administration of the challenged measures.

The EU found palm oil production to be unsustainable.