Donald Trump threatens 100% tariffs on films produced outside the US
The US film industry was on tenterhooks on Sunday evening after US president Donald Trump said he was instructing the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to implement a 100% tariff on all films coming into the country that are produced “in foreign lands”.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump said the US film industry was “dying a very fast death” as filmmakers and studios were being lured overseas by incentives, a situation the White House incumbent described as a national security threat. He signed off with the all-caps statement “We want movies made in America, again!”
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Posting on Truth Social, Trump said the US film industry was “dying a very fast death” as filmmakers and studios were being lured overseas by incentives, a situation the White House incumbent described as a national security threat. He signed off with the all-caps statement “We want movies made in America, again!”
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- 5/5/2025
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