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Soy farming in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest region | Credit: iStock
Hefty US tariff hikes on Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil imports could serve to drive up demand for more land-use intensive soybean oil production, reports Anthony Harwood
Climate experts have warned that US tariffs risk driving up deforestation rates as rising palm oil prices force American consumers to turn to cheaper soybean oil, which requires more land to cultivate....
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