It's most likely to be the connection from the US data centres to your clients than anything else.
However, start by defining "slow" - is it page loads? Javascript? etc? Are there patterns like time (e.g. always runs slow at 3pm), user activity (reading stuff is fine, bulk-edits are slow) or is it the same constantly? And so-on.
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