# Malaysia, Indonesia to collaborate against EU resolution on sustainable palm oil | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

> Malaysia will work with Indonesia to challenge a European Parliament resolution on sustainable palm oil, according to a Malaysian minister. Malaysia says the resolution would hurt palm oil imports into the EU and the economies of producing nations. The resolution also proposes labelling for sustainably produced palm oil.

- Date: 2017-03-16 · published 2017-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72021-malaysia-indonesia-to-collaborate-against-eu-resolution-on-sustainable-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A joint producer challenge raises the chance of a trade dispute that could delay EU restrictions. Any delay supports palm oil demand in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2023-01-09 | [Indonesia and Malaysia agree to fight "discrimination" against palm oil \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15767-indonesia-and-malaysia-agree-to-fight-discrimination-against-palm-oil-reuters.md) | -2.4% | -2.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-07-24 | [Malaysia's palm oil demand to sustain despite Indonesia's export levy waive - Zuraida](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15808-malaysia-s-palm-oil-demand-to-sustain-despite-indonesia-s-export-levy-waive.md) | +1.3% | +3.7% |
| 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% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-04-23 | [Indonesia, Malaysia expected to decide global CPO price - ANTARA News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71607-indonesia-malaysia-expected-to-decide-global-cpo-price-antara-news.md) | -0.1% | +3.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-15 | [Malaysia to file WTO complaint on EU's palm oil curb by November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57978-malaysia-to-file-wto-complaint-on-eu-s-palm-oil-curb-by-november.md) | +0.9% | +9.1% |

## Sources

- mlex.com: https://www.mlex.com/mlex/articles/1983528/malaysia-indonesia-to-collaborate-against-eu-resolution-on-sustainable-palm-oil

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