“70% of Americans worry that foreign rules on US firms set a dangerous precedent and that we shouldn’t be governed by Brussels.”

EU‑US Forum Senior Advisor Matt Mowers joined The Dana Show and The Guy Benson Show yesterday to break down the group’s new polling on how Brussels’ ESG agenda is strongly opposed by the American people. The polling found that U.S. voters overwhelmingly reject the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and want the Trump administration to use trade leverage to protect our businesses here at home from these far-left ESG regulations.

In case you missed it…

Watch Matt Mowers on The Dana Show here.

“Essentially, what they do is they work hand in hand to hamstring businesses both in the European Union, but also any business, doesn’t matter where they’re headquartered, doesn’t matter where they’re based, that wants to do business in the European Union, which is essentially any US company that does anything in the EU. And what it would do is subject American companies to the same exact onerous regulations that have stifled their own economy in Europe, here in the US. That means additional legal support services needed to comply with all these laws. That means complying with these radical environmental policies, which actually don’t really save the environment, but just actually hamstring innovation. It means complying with a bunch of bureaucrats in Brussels that we didn’t vote for.”

Listen to Matt Mowers on The Guy Benson Show here.

“It’s not surprising that Americans want to push back on this. I mean, we actually, at the EU-US Forum, did a poll. We just released it last week. 70% of Americans worry that foreign rules on US firms set a dangerous precedentand that we shouldn’t be governed by Brussels. 71% say that EU-driven compliance would actually raise costs on American families, including grocery, gas, and housing bills. Overwhelmingly, a majority say they’d support President Trump and Congress making this part of the trade negotiation.”

BACKGROUND:

• In November, the EU-US Forum launched the six-figure ad “Dictate” urging President Trump to keep standing up to EU rules threatening America’s economic golden age.
• The EU-US Forum released new polling this week that found U.S. voters reject the EU’s CSRD/CS3D and want then Trump Administration to use trade leverage to protect American Businesses from these far-left ESG regulations.
• In May 2025, the EU-US Forum hosted a panel discussion in Budapest, Hungary, featuring former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump Jason Miller and EU-US Forum Board Members Joe Grogan and Matt Mowers.
• Earlier this year, the EU-US Forum released polling that found Europeans think the EU is moving in the wrong direction, granting von der Leyen, Macron, and Scholz dismal approval ratings.
• The group released shocking polling in May 2024 that revealed discoveries that predicted the rightward shift in Europe that played out in its 2024 parliamentary elections.
• Throughout spring 2024, the EU-US Forum ran a six-figure paid media effort taking aim at the far-left policy agenda of the EU. This included campaigns in:
  • Rome, Italy with ads that said “EU Policies Are Putting Western Civilization at Risk.”
  • Budapest, Hungary during CPAC with ads that read “Demand Change in the European Union.
  • Maastricht, Netherlands during the Maastricht Debate with the message: “Demand Borders. Demand Free Speech. Demand Change at the EU.”
• The EU-US Forum is led by multiple former Trump administration officials. Matt Mowers, former Senior White House Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, and Joseph Grogan, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, both serve as senior advisors.