Over the weekend, Trump accused other countries of stealing the movie-making capabilities of the US and said that he had authorised the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative to immediately begin the process of implementing this new import tax on all foreign-made films.
President Donald Trump is eyeing Hollywood for his next round of tariffs, threatening to levy all films produced outside the US at a steep rate of 100%.
Trump later said that he would meet with industry executives about the proposal but a lot remains unclear about how an import tax on complex, international productions could even be implemented.
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