EU palm oil spat sours relations with Malaysia, Indonesia
In a deforestation case against Malaysia, the WTO has backed the EU in arguing that biodiesel made from palm oil should not count..
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres. With over 279 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.
In a deforestation case against Malaysia, the WTO has backed the EU in arguing that biodiesel made from palm oil should not count..
The world's most populous Muslim country has developed a robust democracy, but there are worrying signs that it could move..