The U.S. and China are primary players in global supply chains and key to combating deforestation. The U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration focuses on enforcing laws to ban illegal imports, and the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, which the U.S. and China also committed to at COP26, aims to stop and reverse forest loss by 2030 while promoting sustainable development. Achieving these goals requires collaboration and support at the national and subnational levels, and action must be taken on a large scale across the entire supply chain to avoid leakage and ensure lasting reductions.

Authors: 

  • Jason Gray, UCLA School of Law*
  • Alex Wang, UCLA School of Law*
  • Jessica Gordon, California-China Climate Institute, University of California, Berkeley* 

* Organizations are noted for affiliation purposes only. This paper represents authors’ views, and not necessarily those of their institutions.