Malaysia will offer the UK a post-Brexit trade deal if it abandons the EU's ban on biofuels made from palm oil. The government has been under pressure to allow more biofuel exports after EU ministers said they would not approve any new export licences for British firms that use oil crops grown in countries such as Indonesia and
Malaysia will offer the UK a post-Brexit trade deal if it abandons the EU's ban on biofuels made from palm oil. Malaysia's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, claims the EU's decision to ban palm oil is designed to protect European agricultural industries rather than the environment, citing a trade deal the bloc recently signed with South America.