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EU push against palm-oil biofuels threatening Indonesian trade talks

By Joanna Sopinska ( January 31, 2018, 11:42 GMT | Insight) -- EU officials are worried that trade negotiations with Indonesia could be scuppered over the bloc’s push to phase out biofuels derived from palm oil, MLex has learned, following a vote by lawmakers to exclude such fuels counting towards renewable-energy targets. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has threatened to retaliate with a ban on imports of milk powder from the EU and a complaint at the World Trade Organization if the proposed changes are signed into law.EU officials are worried that trade negotiations with Indonesia could be scuppered over the bloc’s push to phase out biofuels derived from palm oil, MLex has learned....

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