How EU Deforestation Laws Are Reordering World of Coffee 

Farmer Le Van Tam tends coffee plants at a coffee farm in Dak Lak province, Vietnam, Feb. 1, 2024. Farmer Le Van Tam holds up freshly picked coffee beans at a coffee farm in Dak Lak province, Vietnam, Feb. 1, 2024. New European Union rules require companies to show that the coffee isn't linked to land where forests had been cleared. A worker transports bags of coffee beans after drying at a coffee factory in Dak Lak province, Vietnam, Feb. 1, 2024. New European Union rules aimed at stopping deforestation are reordering supply chains.

Le Van Tam is no stranger to how the vagaries of global trade can determine the fortunes of small coffee farmers like him.