Indonesia Files WTO Palm Oil Suit as Tensions With EU Grow

Indonesia Files WTO Palm Oil Suit as Tensions With EU Grow
A worker shows palm oil fruits at palm oil plantation in Topoyo village in Mamuju, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, March 25, 2017. Antara Foto/Akbar Tado/via Reuters
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JAKARTA/BRUSSELS—Indonesia has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union, claiming the bloc’s restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel are unfair, the latest in a series of disputes between the two sides.

The EU launched a complaint at the WTO in late November over Indonesian curbs on nickel ore exports and hit Indonesian biodiesel with tariffs last week.