Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "DW News"
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@tenshoneyskin4500 "EU countries, have banned indonesian palm oil distribution".
The EU has NOT banned the import of palm oil, but it is phasing out the use of palm oil as fuel. It continues to import large amounts of palm oil from both Indonesia and Malaysia and other countries, about 5 million tons per year. The EU is continuing to use palm oil for all the traditional uses: soap, detergent, skin lotion, ice cream, microwave popcorn, etc. and this will almost certainly continue for years to come.
As for EU hypocrisy, I certainly agree when it comes to talking about habitat destruction. Europe has mostly destroyed all its natural environment centuries ago, and is only now working to rebuild it. So yes, it is hypocritical for Europeans to criticize other countries for destroying natural forests, when that is exactly what we have already done, and also when we want to buy the produce from those destroyed forests. We are in agreement there.
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@harrysmith8515 " it is better to focus on comparing one party vs two party". Ok, let's do that:
-One party states: China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei.
-Two or more parties: Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
All these countries have such different economies and levels of success that you cannot draw a conclusion based solely on one- or two/many parties. Here's a better comparison:
-States with open economies and free markets: Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei.
-States with closed, or planned economies, or strong market barriers: North Korea, Myanmar, (up until 1978) China, (up until 1982) Vietnam, (up until 1992) Mongolia, (up until the 90s) Cambodia, (up until the 90s) Laos, (up until the 90s) Indonesia.
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