Last December, the European Commission postponed its implementation<\/a> by 12 months to the end of this year. <\/p>\n The new proposal requires agreement from a majority of EU member states and the European parliament.<\/p>\n The US has condemned the legislation, as have commodity producers such as Brazil and Indonesia, which have just agreed trade deals with the EU. <\/p>\n According to a trade deal the EU struck with the Trump administration this summer, Brussels agreed to \u201cwork to address the concerns of US producers and exporters\u201d over the deforestation law. The EU also recognised that \u201cproduction of the relevant commodities within the territory of the United States poses negligible risk to global deforestation\u201d.<\/p>\n The American Loggers Council said this month the EU law was \u201ccoming apart at the seams\u201d and was a \u201cmisguided\u201d attempt to prevent global deforestation. <\/p>\n India has also raised the issue with EU officials during their trade talks.<\/p>\n Developing countries argue the law could lock out millions of smallholders from the EU market, as they lack the resources and technical knowledge to comply. <\/p>\n The commission has sought to quell concerns over its implementation by publishing an 81-page guidance that sets out how companies should collect geolocation data for their products. <\/p>\n It has also set up its own deforestation observatory based on European satellite imagery, although trading partners such as Australia have contested the data being used.<\/p>\n Poland, one of the most vocal member states against the EU\u2019s green legislation, this month called for a two-year delay.<\/p>\n \u201cThe current model imposes disproportionate burdens, especially in countries such as Poland, where the risk of deforestation is negligible,\u201d according to a Polish government position paper.<\/p>\n Recommended<\/p>\n Warsaw, along with Washington and several EU capitals, has been lobbying for a \u201czero-risk\u201d category in which many member states would be included. <\/p>\n They are also pushing for small producers to be exempt from reporting and that due diligence obligations should only be imposed on the operator placing products on the EU market, rather than on the entire supply chain.<\/p>\n Roswall declined to rule out either option, but added: \u201cWe just keep fighting deforestation. It\u2019s a really important issue for the world and for the EU. But also\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009we tried to do simplification.\u201d<\/p>\n Industry is split over the law. <\/p>\n Cocoa and rubber companies including Nestl\u00e9, Unilever, Michelin and Pirelli have all issued statements against delaying the law, while forestry lobbies, farmers and magazine publishers have called for it to be simplified and postponed.<\/p>\n Swedish Enterprise, an employers\u2019 association with 60,000 members, said it was in favour of limiting the law\u2019s \u201ccomplex\u201d due diligence requirements \u201cto the operator first placing the product on the EU market\u201d.<\/p>\n Climate Capital Where climate change meets business, markets and politics.\u00a0Explore the FT\u2019s coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Donald](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net.jpeg\")
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