1. 🚨NEW: VOTERS SUPPORT TRUMP IN BLOCKING EU ESG OVERREACH

The EU-US Forum released new polling this week showing strong support from American voters for President Trump as he uses ongoing trade negotiations to protect American companies from the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).

The Daily Wire reported on the survey findings, stating: “The EU-US Forum argues that their polling shows that the EU directives are unfair for American businesses and will be expensive for American families and that the Trump administration should use its trade leverage to stop them.”

The polling also found:

Nearly 6 in 10 say it’s important for U.S. officials to use trade leverage to roll back EU ESG rules on American firms. 57% believe EU regulations would unfairly hit U.S. businesses; 71% say the compliance mandates would raise costs for American families. 52% would be more likely to vote for a member of Congress who pushes the administration to stop Brussels from imposing these rules via trade.

The CSRD and CS3D export Brussels’ ESG regulations into U.S. supply chains, forcing reporting and due diligence systems that raise costs, undercut competitiveness, and hand leverage over American business decisions to EU regulators, even when they are operating in the U.S. American citizens vehemently oppose these policies and back President Trump using trade as leverage to curb them.

2.🇺🇸 SIX-FIGURE PUSH: STOP BRUSSELS FROM DICTATING US BUSINESS

Also this week, the EU-US launched a six-figure ad campaign titled “Dictate,” on Wednesday, supporting President Donald Trump as he holds the line against Brussels’ CSRD and CS3D.

The ad reads: “The EU’s CSDDD and CSRD rules would dictate how American companies do business and cost our companies billions, grinding Trump’s progress to a halt.”

Top conservatives on X have commented on the ad saying:

@JackPosobiec: ​​“Washington would be rolling over in his grave if he knew Brussels was forcing American companies to bow down to their laws, even in the US”

@ALX: “We’re about to celebrate 250 years of winning our independence from Europe… President Trump isn’t going to let Brussels take control.”

@ComfortablySmug: “The world deserves to be free from European imperialism! This isn’t what George Washington fought for.”

@SteveGuest: “It’s 2025. Time to end European imperialism once and for all.”

The “Dictate” campaign supports the Trump administration as they look to further protect American workers, innovators, and manufacturers from Brussels’ overregulation agenda. EU-US Forum Senior Advisor Matt Mowers commented on our effort saying: “We support President Trump as he keeps protecting America’s Golden Age from the EU’s overreach.”

📲 DMA BACKFIRES: APP COSTS UP, SAVINGS FLOW OUTSIDE EU

When the EU first introduced its Digital Markets Act (DMA) in 2022, one of the many benefits Brussels promised the regulations would bring was decreased app costs for users. The removal of developer fees, Brussels argued, would help EU-based developers become more competitive, and would bring down the costs of the apps themselves for European users. In practice, however, the results have been far different.

According to a recent study, while app-store commission fees for developers have fallen by about 10% since the changes came into effect in March of 2024, 90% of developers have since either maintained or increased their current app price. Worse yet, these newly saved funds are not flowing to EU-based developers. Instead, 86% of these savings went to developers outside of the EU.

Like other DMA policies that have stifled innovation and undermined security safeguards, Brussels’ insistence on controlling what American companies like Apple can charge on their App Store has had severe ramifications. Not only has it failed to lower the UI costs of apps for Europeans, but it has overwhelmingly benefited non-EU app developers.

As we mark the start of the fourth year since the DMA entered into force, Brussels must take note of the tangible consequences its legislation has on citizens and reconsider this idealistic regulatory framework, which has hurt Europeans and Americans alike.