KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian government said that a recent regional agreement to upgrade relations with the European Union should be deferred due to an ongoing trade dispute over palm oil, where the EU has been moving to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels, citing deforestation as a reason.
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The European Union consumes 11.6% of the palm oil produced by Malaysia. Pictured here is a factory outside Kuala Lumpur that processes palm oil. © Reuters
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