# Malaysia to escalate EU palm oil dispute at WTO | Malay Mail

> Malaysia is moving to escalate its WTO dispute with the European Union over the bloc's renewable energy directive, which restricts palm-based biofuels. Malaysia's request for a dispute panel was set to be formalised at a WTO meeting on May 28. Malaysia exported 1.94 million tonnes of palm oil to the EU in 2020.

- Date: 2021-05-28 · published 2021-05-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46981-malaysia-to-escalate-eu-palm-oil-dispute-at-wto-malay-mail
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The EU rule would phase palm-based diesel out of transport use by 2030, which limits a key biofuel outlet for palm oil. Escalation extends uncertainty but does not change trade flows immediately.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-23 | [Malaysia urges France to reject EU resolution that discriminates palm oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68519-malaysia-urges-france-to-reject-eu-resolution-that-discriminates-palm-oil.md) | +0.7% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-03-05 | [Desire for detente not enough to reignite Malaysian palm oil exports to India \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54235-desire-for-detente-not-enough-to-reignite-malaysian-palm-oil-exports-to-india.md) | -5.2% | -9.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-03-16 | [M'sia threatens WTO challenge to EU's move to drop palm biofuel \| Malaysiakini](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59957-m-sia-threatens-wto-challenge-to-eu-s-move-to-drop-palm-biofuel-malaysiakini.md) | +2.3% | +2.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-01-01 | [What's the link between palm oil and the Kashmir dispute?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8617-what-s-the-link-between-palm-oil-and-the-kashmir-dispute.md) | +6.3% | +2.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-01 | [Palm oil drops to one-month low on dwindling Malaysian exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4382-palm-oil-drops-to-one-month-low-on-dwindling-malaysian-exports.md) | -5.2% | -7.2% |

## Sources

- malaymail.com: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/05/28/malaysia-to-escalate-eu-palm-oil-dispute-at-wto/1977730

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