In Switzerland, the European Union notified its decision to appeal the panel report in the case brought by Indonesia in “European Union — Countervailing Duties on Imports of Biodiesel from Indonesia” (DS618). WTO members were informed of the appeal at the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) meeting on Friday. The panel report was circulated to WTO […]
In Indonesia, following the WTO’s ruling against the European Union’s tariffs on Indonesian palm oil, GAPKI chairman Eddy Martono issued the following statement: “GAPKI welcomes the WTO Dispute Panel’s clear ruling against the European Union, which found that the European Union’s countervailing duties on Indonesian biodiesel were simply wrong. “Unfortunately, this latest ruling shows a […]
In Switzerland, Hydrocarbon Processing reports the World Trade Organization’s panel brought by Indonesia against the European Union for its alleged trade discrimination against Indonesian palm oil-based biofuel largely supported the EU, but not entirely. The three-person panel ruled that the EU’s logic beyond labeling palm oil as “high risk” from a GHG limiting perspective was […]
In Malaysia, CNA reported that the government of Malaysia said it will closely monitor how the EU responds to a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that supported the bloc’s stance that palm oil-based biodiesel should not count as a renewable biofuel, but sought changes in how it implemented that decision.The report noted that a WTO […]
In Geneva, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Malaysia in “European Union and Certain Member States — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels”. Malaysia challenges certain measures introduced by the European Union (EU) concerning biofuels, notably those relating to the determination of palm oil as a […]
In Switzerland, the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed at its meeting on Monday to a request from Indonesia for the establishment of a dispute panel to review countervailing duties imposed by the European Union on imports of biodiesel from Indonesia. Indonesia submitted its second request for the establishment of a panel to […]
