Key claims: Buildings are seen in silhouette as the sun rises over Jakarta. Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil exporter, is contending that the duties levied by the EU are in breach of the world trade body’s rules. — AFP
JAKARTA: Indonesia urges the European Union (EU) to immediately scrap countervailing duties on imports of biodiesel, after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) backed several of its key claims in a complaint to the trade body.
The world’s biggest palm oil exporter had contended in its 2023 complaint that the duties levied by the EU, its third-largest destination for palm oil products, broke the trade body’s rules.
