# M'sia threatens WTO challenge to EU's move to drop palm biofuel | Malaysiakini

> Malaysia threatened a WTO challenge if the EU proceeds with plans to phase out palm oil from transport fuel, calling it a calculated political act. Indonesia has also threatened a WTO challenge over the Commission's plan, which cites deforestation concerns.

- Date: 2019-03-16 · published 2019-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59957-m-sia-threatens-wto-challenge-to-eu-s-move-to-drop-palm-biofuel-malaysiakini
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Escalating threatened WTO action over EU palm biofuel restrictions adds uncertainty to palm oil export demand from Europe.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2021-05-28 | [Malaysia to escalate EU palm oil dispute at WTO \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46981-malaysia-to-escalate-eu-palm-oil-dispute-at-wto-malay-mail.md) | -1.7% | -12.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-07-19 | [Malaysia, Indonesia mull taking EU plans to curb palm oil imports to WTO \| Bioenergy International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70002-malaysia-indonesia-mull-taking-eu-plans-to-curb-palm-oil-imports-to-wto.md) | +1.4% | +4.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-01-31 | [Indonesia to challenge 'discriminative' EU directive on palm oil \| GMA News Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61119-indonesia-to-challenge-discriminative-eu-directive-on-palm-oil-gma-news-online.md) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
| 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% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-02-11 | [EU to tighten palm oil for biofuels rules](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60633-eu-to-tighten-palm-oil-for-biofuels-rules.md) | -1.4% | -7.5% |

## Sources

- staging.malaysiakini.com: https://staging.malaysiakini.com/news/468266-m-sia-threatens-wto-challenge-to-eu-s-move-to-drop-palm-biofuel

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