E&E Legal joined Heartland and more than 30 other organizations in a joint letter sent to Trump Administration officials and Members of Congress “urging action to counter a radical new European Union law that would impose foreign ideological mandates on U.S. businesses and erode national sovereignty,'” as notes a Heartland Institute press release.
The letter begins:
We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our deep concerns regarding the European Union’s (EU) recently enacted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).1 This radical law threatens to undermine American economic interests, impose foreign ideological mandates on U.S. businesses, and erode national sovereignty.
If allowed to proceed unchecked, this directive will exert significant influence over the U.S. economy. The CSDDD is designed to impose sweeping ESG obligations on large companies worldwide, regardless of whether they are based in the European Union. Under the directive, covered businesses must adhere to a set of ESG-focused compliance measures, many of which are aligned with political and ideological objectives that have not been approved by U.S. lawmakers.
