The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input on priority areas in the field of EU-US regulatory cooperation (including standards, conformity assessment, compatible regulatory approaches) that can be beneficial to the EU-US trade relations, notably in the area of green/sustainable trade flows, for discussion and convergence in the EU-US Trade and Technology Council. The European furniture industries are strongly oriented towards international trade, which must be open and rules-based. Between 2011 and 2020, furniture imports in the US grew by almost US$ 13 billion in current dollars. In 2020, furniture exports to the US counted for 3,951 million of US$ and furniture imports for 36,532 million of US$. Among the origin of furniture imports, Italy accounts for 3.1%. Among the destination of furniture exports, the UK accounts for 3.2% and Germany for 1.4%.3 International trade creates business opportunities for EU furniture manufacturers and leads to increased competitiveness and the creation of jobs.