At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday 24 February, Indonesia, Russia, Brazil, the United States and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines warned that European environmental measures could constitute barriers to trade. They were reacting to the report of the WTO panel in the dispute between the EU and Indonesia over the ‘RED II’ directive.
Jakarta had accused the EU of discriminating against Indonesian palm oil exports with its directive,...