The US Tariff System Has Gotten Even More Complex—and the Supreme Court Won't Fix It

Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon

Back in December, we showed how measures imposed by the Trump administration in 2025 have made the US tariff system excessively convoluted and complex, and in the last few weeks, the situation has only worsened. Regardless of what the Supreme Court does with Trump’s “emergency” tariffs, moreover, US tariff red tape will likely grow more this year, burdening US companies and the economy in the process.

First, the number of US tariff...