‘Startling’: EU accused of sacrificing forests for trade deal with Indonesia

Barely had the ink dried on a long-awaited trade pact between the European Union and Indonesia before Brussels proposed another one-year delay to its long-awaited anti-deforestation law.
The move drew fierce criticism from environmental groups, who see the move as a capitulation to global trade interests.
On September 23, the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA), set to take effect in 2027, was concluded after nearly a decade of negotiation.
The…