A complaint by Malaysia against the European Union over the bloc’s rules concerning the use of palm oil-based biofuels has largely failed at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The dispute dates to 2018, when the EU issued regulations on the minimum amount of renewable fuels that member countries must use in their transport sectors. The EU stipulated that the use of biofuels for which forests had been cleared for planting could not be used to achieve the target. This primarily concerned palm oil crops. Malaysia, which has a major palm oil production industry, alleged the measures violated fair…