Shining the spotlight on palm oil

Meeting of minds: Najib sharing a light moment with Indonesian President Joko Widodo as (from left) Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha look on.

MANILA: Malaysia and Indonesia will consider imposing trade sanctions against the European Union (EU) if it does not rescind what the two countries consider an “unfair resolution” against the palm oil industry, says Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“We consider the EU parliament’s recent resolution discriminatory against both our countries and could affect the livelihoods of 600,000 oil palm smallholders in Malaysia and 17.5 million smallholders in Indonesia,” the Prime Minister added.