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EU Proposes New Delay To Anti-deforestation Rules

A palm oil plantation next to a peat forest in Indonesia (Credit: AFP)

The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed by key trading partners from the United States to Indonesia.

The bill, which bans imports of products driving deforestation, is currently set to take effect at the end this year, but the European Commission said the supporting system was not ready.

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