Jakarta, May 1 -- Indonesia has urged the United Kingdom to be fair in implementing the Due Diligence Law on Forest-Risk Commodities, which would have an impact on the palm oil trade.

The request was conveyed by Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, during his meeting with British Minister of State for Climate, Environment, and Energy, Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, in London on Tuesday.

"The Due Diligence Law must not create trade distortions or be discriminatory in terms of product coverage and national treatment," Hartarto said in a statement from his ministry on Wednesday.

He added that developing countries have the right to build a sustainable multilateral trade system. Therefore, the British gov...