Malaysia Says It Could Stop Palm Oil Exports to EU After New Curbs

Malaysia Says It Could Stop Palm Oil Exports to EU After New Curbs
A worker pushes a wheelbarrow of fresh fruit bunches of oil palm tree during harvest at a palm oil plantation in Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia, on April 26, 2022. Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia said on Thursday it could stop exporting palm oil to the European Union in response to a new EU law that strictly regulates sale of the product.

Commodities Minister Fadillah Yusof said Malaysia and Indonesia would discuss the law, which bans sale of palm oil and other commodities linked to deforestation unless importers can show that production of their specific goods has not damaged forests.