1. 🇺🇸 TRUMP TAKES ON BRUSSELS’ ESG POWER GRAB

Energy Secretary Chris Wright sent a letter to EU heads of state warning that Brussels’ Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) would hike energy costs, chill investment, and export Europe’s ESG bureaucracy onto American companies. Secretary Wright cites “a significant risk to the affordability and reliability of critical energy supplies” and a likely “chilling effect on investment and trade.” The letter urges EU leaders to “act swiftly … by repealing the CSDDD in its entirety or removing its most economically damaging provisions.”

Wright spells out exactly what must change, calling for reconsideration of the directive’s “extraterritorial application,” mandated climate “transition plans,” “penalties,” and open‑ended “civil liability.”

President Trump stands with American workers and consumers, not EU bureaucrats. His administration will not allow Brussels to export its ESG bureaucracy onto American workers and consumers.

2.🇪🇺 PARIS & MADRID DIG IN ON 2035 CAR BAN

The European Commission’s 2035 ban on sales of new CO2‑emitting cars is the centerpiece of its Green Deal transport agenda. In practice, it outlaws new petrol and diesel models and forces a rapid, subsidy‑dependent shift to EVs, with only a narrow e‑fuels carve‑out negotiated under German pressure in 2023. Automakers warn the rule is rigid, demand is lagging, and China dominates key inputs.

As Brussels prepares this year’s review, France and Spain are urging the Commission to “stay on track,” arguing that reversing course would undercut the EU’s 2050 climate target. In a joint letter, Paris and Madrid press for incentives tied to “made‑in‑Europe” production but insist the 2035 zero‑emissions endpoint must not be weakened—explicitly rejecting plug‑in hybrids after 2035.

Germany is the lone outlier: after winning a limited e‑fuels carve-out, Berlin is now pushing to loosen the rule as its automakers face shrinking margins, China’s EV surge, and battery‑supply dependence.

The stakes for Europe’s economy, especially Germany’s, are enormous. Carmakers say today’s policy assumptions ignore high energy costs, slow EV uptake, and Asia’s battery dominance; they’re asking Brussels to ease penalties and recognize carbon‑neutral fuels to avoid further job losses and offshoring.

This 2035 ban will devastate Europe’s auto heartland. Another example of the EU’s green central planning colliding with industrial reality, and killing competitiveness in the process.

This is yet another example of politics first, economics last. If Brussels won’t recalibrate, Europe will import more cars, and export more jobs.

🚨 BRUSSELS FINES: $1B+, PAID BY AMERICANS

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) could potentially cost more than $200 million per year in compliance for individual U.S. tech companies, and more than $1 billion annually across the biggest five.

Currently, more than $800 million in fines have been issued on American tech companies already. Brussels’ over-the-top regulations are once again costing Americans hundreds of millions of dollars.

Europe’s regulatory model is exporting costs to the United States. EU policies like mandatory “interoperability” may sound pro-consumer, but in reality, it weakens security by prying open tightly integrated systems and nudging markets toward copycat features over innovation. That hurts users, startups that rely on trusted platforms, and U.S. companies building next‑gen products, but European leaders just don’t get it.

Brussels says the DMA isn’t aimed at Americans, but American companies are footing most of the bill. If this fine‑funded model spreads, it risks becoming a global levy on U.S. tech leadership.

America is pushing back against these radical EU policies. President Trump is taking a strong stand. The EU continues to impose regulations on U.S. companies and hurt American consumers. We cannot let the EU dictate how American companies operate.