Across the Atlantic, the Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) said leather’s exclusion from the scope of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) marks “a massive geopolitical victory”.

It said the changes that the European Commission has made to exclude leather are the result of sustained lobbying by the LHCA, COTANCE and international government partners. It added that this had included “heavy diplomatic pressure from the current US administration”.

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