Netherlands against EU palm oil ban

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 8 Feb 2018 7:15PM · 1 Comments

Sigrid Kaag says the Netherlands did not support discriminatory measures or differentiation between products and called for a dialogue on the palm oil issue. – EPA pic, February 8, 2018.

THE Netherlands has joined a few other European Union (EU) countries opposing the proposed ban on palm oil by the European Parliament.

Netherlands Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag said the country did not support discriminatory measures or differentiation between products and called for a dialogue on the palm oil issue.

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  • The EU vote to ban palm oil proves either they're ignorant or a genuine effort to destroy hence forget and do not count the progress of "sustainable palm oil" movement with RSPO since 2004. To put things into perspective, Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) is the world's largest and the leading example for all globally traded commodity in this world -- that means even the closest rival veg oil rapeseed (EU) and soy (US) are not certified.

    Posted 5 years ago by Kuasa Rakyat