European Commission Tells Trump To Get Stuffed On Pressure To Weaken Environmental Rules
The European Commission on Thursday rejected the US’ demands regarding its environmental regulations, which Washington considers too restrictive for its companies. “Our laws, our European regulatory authority, is not up for discussion,” Commission deputy spokesperson Olof Gill said, making it clear the EU would not roll back on its power to adopt legislation.
This latest effort to push back against US demands comes as an EU official confirmed to Euronews that the US administration sent a document to the Commission this week requesting that American companies be exempted from the EU legislation on corporate due diligence – in Brussels jargon: the CSDDD. The landmark EU corporate supply-chain legislation, adopted last year, requires companies to check their supply chains for dodgy environmental and labour practices.
Washington's offensive also came this week from the US Chamber of Commerce, the main US business lobby, in a document published online on Wednesday, calling on the EU to reverse the principle of extraterritoriality that places both European and foreign companies on equal footing under these regulatory requirements.
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“The Turnberry agreement was only a phase of temporary stabilisation,” Elvire Fabry, expert of the Jacques Delors Institute, told Euronews. “It’s no surprise that Trump is coming back at a series of irritants. At least we now have a channel for dialogue, but Trump won’t hesitate to use coercion if necessary, and the Europeans will have to determine what their red line is."
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https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/10/09/not-up-for-discussion-brussels-rejects-washingtons-pressure-on-climate-rules