Teresa Kok said the move was unwarranted and unjustified, and could potentially disrupt the livelihood of key palm oil producer nations, including Malaysia. She said Malaysia would strongly protest the action and would also muster support from other key palm oil producers. The vote by the (French) parliamentarians is alarming and deserves the strongest condemnation. The French National Assembly had on Dec 19 voted to end tax incentives for adding palm oil to diesel fuel as of 2020 and decided to treat palm oil diesel as a regular fuel and not as a green fuel. “I appeal to the French authorities to reconsider this anti-palm oil vote or be ready to face retaliatory actions on bilateral trade and other ongoing collaborations from all palm oil producers,” she said.

Source: The Star December 22, 2018 10:52 UTC