The E.U. wants 'deforestation-free' products. Consumers may pay the cost.

The E.U. wants 'deforestation-free' products. Consumers may pay the cost.

Are the products you're buying BPA-free? Nut-free? How about GMO-free? If the European Union (E.U.) has its way, we'll soon be adding a new label to our shopping list vocabulary: "deforestation-free." Far from being another joke at the expense of Europe and its regulatory self-sabotage, this is precisely the aim of the E.U.'s 2023 Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which began applying to large companies last December, and will extend to small and…