A recent analysis from Scott Lincicome examines how navigating the US tariff system has quickly gone from relatively simple to mind-numbingly complex – and costly.

Lincicome says, “This year, a large amount of virtual ink has been devoted to US tariff policy—and for good reason. Yet, most of this discussion has focused on the big picture—average tariff rates, big deals, and major actions or exemptions—while ignoring an issue that’s just as important, if not more so: the new tariffs’ unprecedented and, for many American businesses, crippling bureaucracy and complexity.”

Lincicome’s new column for The Dispatch digs further into this growing problem and features a trove of new data demonstrating the radical increase in US tariff red tape—and how this byzantine new system severely burdens US companies and the economy more broadly.

We would be pleased to provide the underlying source data for any of the graphs or charts should you wish to pursue related reporting.

To reach Scott Lincicome, please contact Cato PR at pr@​cato.​org.