Direct the U.S. Trade Representative to launch a Section 301 investigation into European Union sustainability mandates affecting U.S. businesses, consider remedies if they burden U.S. commerce, and report findings to Congress.

W. Gregory Steube · Florida · Republican

policy impact 0.70 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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The Stop EU Overreach Act would direct the USTR to determine whether the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) constitute an unreasonable or discriminatory trade practice burdening U.S. commerce. If the USTR makes an affirmative determination, the bill requires the USTR to consider appropriate Section 301 remedies and report its findings to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees.

Steube co-led legislation to require USTR review of EU sustainability mandates, potential Section 301 remedies, and reporting to congressional tax and trade committees.

Rep. Steube Joins Stop EU Overreach Act as a Co-Lead to Protect American Businesses from EU Regulatory Mandates – Congressman Steube
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The release says Reps. Craig Goldman, Jodey Arrington, and Greg Steube introduced H.R. 9892, the Stop EU Overreach Act, which would direct USTR to launch a Section 301 investigation into the EU sustainability regulatory regime, consider whether CS3D, CSRD, EUDR, and CBAM burden U.S. commerce, identify remedies, and report findings to House and Senate committees.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Steube took concrete legislative action by co-leading H.R. 9892, but the source describes a bill proposal rather than an enacted directive or completed USTR investigation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Arrington Joins Effort to Protect American Businesses from EU Regulatory Overreach
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USTR's current Section 301 investigations page lists active or recent investigations such as Germany pharmaceutical underpayment, Vietnam intellectual property, forced labor import bans, structural excess capacity, China Phase One, Brazil, China semiconductors, Nicaragua, and maritime/logistics/shipbuilding, but it does not list an EU sustainability mandates investigation targeting CS3D, CSRD, EUDR, or CBAM.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): As of the refresh, USTR's official Section 301 investigations list does not show the requested EU sustainability-mandates investigation, so the promised outcome has not been verifiably delivered.

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Section 301 Investigations
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Steube materially advanced the promise during his federal House term by co-introducing H.R. 9892, the Stop EU Overreach Act, which would direct USTR to open the requested Section 301 investigation, evaluate remedies, and report to Congress. But the evidence shows only introduction of legislation, not enactment, and USTR's Section 301 investigations list does not show a specific EU sustainability-mandates investigation covering CS3D, CSRD, EUDR, or CBAM. Because there was a serious legislative attempt but the promised directive/investigation has not been delivered, this counts as not fulfilled with effort credit.

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