# Phasing-out palm oil biodiesel is compatible with WTO due to… | T&E

> T&E commissioned a law firm analysis concluding that phasing out palm oil as a biofuel feedstock is compatible with WTO rules on environmental protection grounds. The analysis relies on a Cerulogy report identifying emissions and deforestation links for palm and soy.

- Date: 2019-03-12 · published 2019-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60110-phasing-out-palm-oil-biodiesel-is-compatible-with-wto-due-to-t-and-e
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A finding that the EU restriction is WTO-compliant weakens Malaysian and Indonesian legal challenges, improving the odds the palm biodiesel phase-out proceeds and keeping palm oil demand under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-02-24 | [Malaysia rules out raising palm oil's biodiesel blend to 20%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15583-malaysia-rules-out-raising-palm-oil-s-biodiesel-blend-to-20.md) | -0.7% | -2.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-12-28 | [Biodiesel is unlikely to be the driving force behind the price of crude palm oil - 杭州铭通电气有限公司](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67363-biodiesel-is-unlikely-to-be-the-driving-force-behind-the-price-of-crude-palm-oil.md) | +4.6% | +4.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-20 | [Malaysia to reduce palm oil export tax, biodiesel mandate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15820-malaysia-to-reduce-palm-oil-export-tax-biodiesel-mandate.md) | +2.6% | -7.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-02-12 | [EU targets palm oil for road fuel phase-out, but with exemptions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60625-eu-targets-palm-oil-for-road-fuel-phase-out-but-with-exemptions.md) | -0.4% | -6.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-02-11 | [Indonesia biodiesel pause, rising output seen limiting palm oil gains \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15489-indonesia-biodiesel-pause-rising-output-seen-limiting-palm-oil-gains-reuters.md) | -0.8% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- transportenvironment.org: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/phasing-out-palm-oil-biodiesel-compatible-wto-due-its-climate-and-environmental-impacts

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