US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would sign the first phase of a deal with China on 15 January, calming a trade war that has seen the imposition of billions of dollars worth of tariffs since July 2018, Bloomberg reports.

South Korea’s SK Chemicals has started tests on blending its biodiesel with petroleum-based fuels to create low-sulphur marine oil that will comply with new green shipping fuel standards, Reuters reports.

US agricultural bioscience company Yield10 Bioscience announced on 17 August that it had obtained a positive response from the USDA-APHIS’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) for its CRISPR genome-edited C3007 trait in canola plant lines developed for increased oil content.

Global agribusiness giant ADM has teamed up with renewable chemicals company P2 Science to develop a set of plant-based products, Perfumer & Flavorist reported on 29 July.

US energy company Phillips 66 is planning to reconfigure its San Francisco refinery to produce renewable fuels, Biofuels Digest reported on 13 August.

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras says it is ready to produce renewable diesel from soya or other edible oils at commercial scale as soon as it gains regulatory approval, Reuters reported on 1 August.

Finnish biofuel producer Neste announced that its renewable products business set a record sales volume in the second quarter of this year, Biodiesel reported on 28 July.

The US Court of International Trade has ruled the Department of Commerce must look again at its 2017 decision on Indonesian biodiesel duties, Biofuels Digest reported on 13 August.

Leading US ethanol producer Poet is increasing production of bio-based industrial alcohol at two of its biorefineries, Ethanol Producer reported on 3 August.

Spanish energy company Repsol has produced its first batch of bio jet fuel for the domestic market, the company announced on 3 August.

Health Canada has approved Nuseed America’s proprietary DHA refined canola oil for human consumption, Nutra Ingredients reported on 31 July.

Global speciality oil supplier Kerfoot says five natural hydrating oils are proving popular with consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge reported strong performances for its core agribusiness and food and ingredients businesses in its second quarter 2020 results published on 29 July which showed profit had doubled.