Indonesia files WTO suit over EU's palm oil blockage

Jakarta calls restrictions on biofuel 'unfair'

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A man assist trucks carry palm oil fruit on a damaged road at Mesuji Raya village in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. © Reuters

JAKARTA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- Indonesia has filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union, claiming the bloc's restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel are unfair, the latest in a series of disputes between the two sides.

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