KUALA LUMPUR: The climate change and sustainability issues promoted by the “greenies” groups in the West to label palm oil as unsustainable are fast turning into political agendas and will soon become trade barriers imposed by Western countries to hamper the export of palm oil by producing nations, said Malaysian Palm Oil Council deputy chief executive officer Dr Kalyana Sundram.
He said growing concerns over the environmental issue by developed countries could translate into limiting the market access for palm oil through innovative non-tariff trade barriers and levying discriminatory tariffs mainly to protect and promote their own crop industries.
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