# Activists: Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks

> Environmental activists asked that palm oil be excluded from Indonesia-EU trade talks taking place that week, arguing wider EU market access would worsen deforestation. Indonesia is pushing back against EU plans to phase out palm oil in biofuels by 2021.

- Date: 2018-02-22 · published 2018-02-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66518-activists-palm-oil-must-not-get-wider-access-to-eu-under-indonesia-trade-talks
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The dispute over EU palm oil access and biofuel phase-out affects a major vegetable oil export flow and could influence palm oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-02-18 | [Big palm oil controversy in fourth round of EU-Indonesia free trade talks \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66516-big-palm-oil-controversy-in-fourth-round-of-eu-indonesia-free-trade-talks.md) | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-11-29 | [The Trade Numerologist: Palm Oil, From EU To Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67868-the-trade-numerologist-palm-oil-from-eu-to-asia.md) | -2.5% | -5.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-05 | [Govt To Counter EU’s Palm Oil Unfairness With New Strategy - Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (GAPKI)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49166-govt-to-counter-eu-s-palm-oil-unfairness-with-new-strategy-gabungan-pengusaha.md) | +1.3% | -10.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-08-20 | [Malaysia set to outpace Indonesian palm oil exports to India - Business - The Jakarta Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57466-malaysia-set-to-outpace-indonesian-palm-oil-exports-to-india-business-the.md) | +1.6% | +4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-05-31 | [Palm oil exports from Indonesia and Malaysia fell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65117-palm-oil-exports-from-indonesia-and-malaysia-fell.md) | -1.1% | -4.5% |

## Sources

- news.mongabay.com: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/activists-palm-oil-must-not-get-wider-access-to-eu-under-indonesia-trade-talks/

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