EU policymakers have launched one of the most dangerous attacks on U.S. sovereignty and economic freedom in modern history, in the name of “sustainability” and “company responsibility.” [emphasis, links added]
Without being restricted, their latest plan, the Company Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), could weaken U.S. businesses, crush innovations, and impose radical environmental and social tasks on millions of U.S. workers and consumers.
Fortunately, there is a solution that passes Congress that can help end this madness: “Protect the United States Act”, Recently proposed by Republican Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee.
If lawmakers are serious about defending our Constitution, our free market system, and the American people masquerading as foreign tyranny of climate activism, they must act immediately to support this important legislation.
Foreign ESG take over
CSDDD is robbed at its core. Obtained EU approval in 2024 This radical law imposes requirements to sweep the environment, society and governance (ESG) and has significant operations in the EU regardless of its headquarters.
This includes many of the largest employers in the United States, from Apple and Amazon to Ford and McDonald's.
Under the law, companies with revenues of more than €450 million in the EU must meet strict sustainability standards.
…The law allows activists and third parties to file lawsuits against alleged violations, opening the door to endless “laws”…
These requirements include reducing land development, including vague social justice requirements, limiting water use, reducing biodiversity losses and transitioning to “green” energy, whether this shift is economically viable or not.
Failure to comply can result in fines up to 5% of the company's total global revenue.
Worse, the law allows activists and third parties to sue companies that are suspected of not complying, opening the door to endless “laws” designed to destroy unqualified businesses.
However, the danger of large multinational corporations has not been prevented. CSDDD requires coverage companies to impose ESG rules on most of their supply chains, regardless of the location of these smaller companies.
This means countless small and medium-sized American manufacturers, truckers, farmers and service providers that will also be trapped in the CSDDD program.
Although not every supplier will fall within the scope of this directive, Through contractual obligations related to the ESG benchmark, thousands of businesses will be pressured to be compliant.
This is a statute without representation. This is unacceptable.
“U.S. Protection Act: The Shield of American Sovereignty”
Senator Hagerty's Protect USA Act – to prevent excessive regulation from turning basic companies into abbreviation of the goal law – strikes are at the heart of the EU's transcendence.
The bill would prohibit entities that are “inclusive of the U.S. national interest” from complying with “any foreign sustainability due diligence regulations,” including CSDDD.
The legislation defines “a place where entities are indispensable in the national interests of the United States.” These entities include “any partner, company, limited liability company or other commercial entities” that work with the federal government or conduct business in major industries such as fossil fuels and mining.
The bill also allows the president to designate a company or industry as “incompetent” in the national interest of the United States.
Crucially, the legislation also includes authorization to the President to “take any action determined by the President, in the public interest, in order to protect entities that are indispensable to the U.S. national interest from adverse actions related to foreign sustainability due diligence.”
This means that if the EU insists on trying to punish EU ESG policies that U.S. companies fail to adopt, and EU ESG policies that Congress never approved, the president will be able to fight back economically and diplomatically.
CSDDD requires coverage companies to impose ESG rules on most of their supply chains, regardless of the location of these smaller companies.
Additionally, if the Protection of the United States Act would allow U.S. businesses and individuals to take legal action at home if foreign ESG laws (such as CSDDD) are compromised.
American companies do not have to suffer silently under international regulations that have no say.
Instead, they have the right to challenge this excessive lawsuit by filing civil lawsuits against parties that impose due diligence rules against them.
They can even win damage to the damage they do.
Why this bill matters – now more important than ever
CSDD will be phased out in 2028 after the most recent year delay approved by EU officials. This seems out of reach, but it is necessary to implement the legal and economic mechanisms that it is already in action.
The company is now reviewing contracts, overhauling compliance strategies, and most disturbingly – developing strategies to improve suppliers to preempt the EU's consistent ESG policy.
If Congress waits too long, the damage will be irreversible. Smaller U.S. businesses will fold or be forced into ESG submissions. Consumers will face higher prices and fewer options.
The U.S. economy will increasingly belong to the whimsical of irresponsible Brussels bureaucracy and radical climate ideology.
Support for the Protection of the United States Act should be bipartisan. This is not a debate about climate science or corporate ethics. This is the question of who rule the United States in the United States – our elected representatives or foreign institutions are eager to advance the globalist agenda?
It's time to draw lines
We cannot allow the EU's ESG regime to infect our legal system, weaken our industry and surpass our constitutional protection.
CSDDD is a Trojan horse – an attempt to use multinational corporations as a backdoor to implement radical policy changes that cannot survive the U.S. legislation process.
Senator Hegerty deserves a mention as he stepped up and drew a clear line in the sand. His U.S. Protection Act provides Congress with a rare opportunity to restore control of our economy and reject global governance.
The bet cannot be higher. If Congress does not take action now, we will all pay the price – not only in unemployment and profits, but in lost freedoms.
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