Deregulation
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https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2020-06/regulation-v43n2-5.pdf
The CATO institute looked into this. It's finding: not a whole lot of deregulation going on.
Disclaimer: I think simplification of regulations is good thing.
Finding1: The flow of new regulations was much smaller than under the previous two administrations
Finding 2: The Trump administration has been somewhat effective in working with Congress on legislative acts of deregulation
Finding 3: Progress toward reviewing and removing the huge body of existing regulations has been slow, though there have been some notable achievements: In comparison to the huge volume of unanalyzed existing regulations, the number of completed Trump deregulatory actions is very small. The combined total for FY 2017 and FY 2018 is 243 out of the 68,846 total regulations adopted in the last 24 years, if we accept the accuracy of OIRA’s “deregulatory” classifications. The vast majority of the 243 are not economically significant, but they address a wide range of issues, from exemptions for religious and moral objections under the ACA, to streamlined approvals of liquefied natural gas exports.
Finding 4: The Trump administration has underway 514 deregulatory rulemakings on a wide range of issues
Finding 5: There are early signs that Trump’s deregulatory agenda is being blocked or delayed by the federal judiciary.
Finding 6: The Trump administration is undertaking several deregulatory actions related to climate change, but those actions are vulnerable to delay or reversal through judicial or legislative interventions.
Findings 7: An unintended consequence of federal deregulation under Trump has been growth in state and local regulations.
