EU’s Delegated Act ‘discriminatory’, designed to hurt livelihoods of small farmers, minister says
PublishedPalm oil producing countries including Malaysia she said, has consistently outlined the facts that the Delegated Act is based on inaccurate and discriminatory factors. — Reuters pic
“The Delegated Act is discriminatory against the economies of developing nations in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America which produce palm oil and it is designed to hurt the livelihoods of millions of small farmers,” she said in a statement here today. Malaysia will also be working with partner countries in the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries to address the issue in the World Trade Organisation.
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