On 17 August, the European Commission decided to open an investigation into the possible circumvention of its definitive countervailing duty on Indonesian biodiesel. It believes it has received “sufficient evidence” that a change in trade flows (from Indonesia, China and the UK to the EU) has occurred following the imposition of European countervailing measures in 2019.
In the Commission’s view, these imports from China and the UK do not appear to be justified other than by the...