French MPs say they were pressured into dropping palm oil tax

Mongabay
By Mongabay.comJun 29, 2016, 4:00 pm120 pts
In the wake of a vote by France’s lower house of parliament to scrap a proposed tax on palm oil imports, legislators said they were “blackmailed” into the decision by top producers Indonesia and Malaysia. Union for a Popular Movement politician Nicolas Dhuicq said Indonesia had threatened France with…

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