Astrid Schomaker, Director for Green Diplomacy @EU_ENV 🇪🇺 visited Malaysia 🇲🇾 & met with Government, private sector representatives & other stakeholders.
@nreccmalaysia @MyKomoditi @MichalisRokasEU
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinMalaysia/status/1618926854232244226
The exchanges allowed to clarify that the new law will create business opportunities for legal and deforestation-free commodities on the EU market.
The EU will NOT ban any commodity from entering the EU market.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinMalaysia/status/1618926894279442432
Her visit followed the political agreement on the EU’s upcoming Regulation on deforestation-free products. Ms Schomaker visited Malaysia to deepen dialogue on ensuring deforestation-free supply chains with a focus on rubber, palm oil, and timber.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinMalaysia/status/1618926902798086145
Ms Schomaker said: "I’m encouraged by the constructive discussions over the past two days and the mutual interest in deepening our cooperation towards implementation of the new law."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinMalaysia/status/1618926899966918658