Argentina, Indonesia Threatened With EU Biodiesel Tariffs

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The European Union threatened to impose tariffs on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, a step that would expand renewable-energy trade barriers following EU import levies against the U.S.

The bloc opened a probe into whether Argentinian and Indonesian exporters of biodiesel, a type of biofuel made from vegetable oils and animal fats for use in diesel engines, sell it in the 27-nation EU below cost, a practice known as dumping.