Dear Commissioners – We write to you today to share our significant concerns with the EU deforestation-free supply chains regulation (Regulation (EU) No 2023/1115) and to share our perspective on the impact this will have on the more than 900,000 forest products workers throughout the US. This regulation is unworkable for the forest products industry in the US and would jeopardize more than $3.5 billion worth of paper and wood products shipping into the EU. …We are asking you and the European Commission to ensure the US is recognized as the lowest possible risk for deforestation and to ensure the geolocation traceability requirements are proportional to the level of risk for a particular country. …We also believe the EUDR fits within President Trump’s “America First Trade Policy” executive order that was signed on January 20th, 2025, and …Mr. Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, has identified the EUDR as a potential technical barrier to trade.