BRUSSELS: Malaysia no longer plans to file a WTO lawsuit against EU restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel and will instead seek to convince European to change its treatment of the crop in a review scheduled for 2021.
The European Commission concluded last year that palm oil cultivation results in excessive deforestation and should not count towards renewable energy targets.
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