World Trade Organization experts on Friday largely upheld European Union restrictions on use of palm oil in biofuels following a complaint by Indonesia.

Photograph by PASCAL MAITRE Indonesia and Malaysia are now the epicenter of palm oil, but the oil palm tree ... the monochrome view is dizzying. The map Stewart holds is even more sobering.

A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel found largely in favor of the European Union (EU) on Friday in a case brought by Indonesia against the bloc's restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel.

Malaysia, the world second-largest palm oil producer, saw its palm oil stocks falling 6.91 percent from the previous month to 1.71 million tons in ...