In a new insight, Director of Regulatory Policy Dan Goldbeck analyzes President-elect Donald Trump’s first term and recent announcements to gauge the likely regulatory agenda for his second term.

Goldbeck concludes:

The second iteration of the Trump regulatory regime will likely be quite vigorous from the outset. With both administration officials and Congress being more well-versed in the ways of the Congressional Review Act, a substantial number of rules finalized in the waning months of the Biden Administration is likely set for repeal relatively shortly. From there, the various agencies will undergo the more difficult, time-consuming process of more fully implementing a broadly deregulatory agenda. While the officials charged with implementing such policies may be more well-prepared this time around having had the experience of the first term, there are potential impediments ahead. Some of the president-elect’s own policy priorities – especially on immigration and trade – may contravene the economic savings produced by the administration’s more deregulatory actions. And if past is prologue, there are set to be both political controversies and legal challenges that lie in the way of this agenda. Buckle up.

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