US President Donald Trump says he made a foreign film made from a foreign country with a 100% tariff. When he suffers trade disputes with countries around the world.
Trump says the US film industry is killing “very fast death”, so the US Commerce and Trade Representatives are approved to start the process to impose a fee.
He condemned the “joint efforts” of other countries that offer incentives to attract filmmakers and studios. He described it as “national security threat.”
“It’s a messaging and propaganda in addition to everything else!” Trump said on his truth social platform. “We want a movie made in the United States again!”
Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of State, said in a recent announcement that “we are in IT.”
But the details of the movement are unclear. Trump’s statement did not reveal whether tariffs are applied to US producers that produce overseas films.
Some of the latest films produced by the US studio have been shot outside the United States, including DeadPool & Wolverine, Wicked and Gladiator II.
It was also not clear whether the tariff was applied to a streaming service such as Netflix and the films displayed in the movie theater, or to the calculation method.
The British Culture, Media and Sports, Industry British Film Institute and five major American film studios represent the BBC’s request for opinion.
The Australian and New Zealand governments spoke to support their film industry.
“There is no doubt that you will be clearly standing for the rights of the Australian screen industry,” Tony Burke said.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told a press conference that he was waiting for the details of his proposed tariffs.
“But we will definitely become that clear spokesman and the great champion of the field and its industry,” he added.
After returning to the White House in January, Trump has imposed tariffs on countries around the world.
He claims that tariffs will increase the number of US manufacturers and protect their jobs, but as a result, the global economy is in turmoil and the price of worldwide products is expected to rise.
Before his inauguration, Trump appointed three movie stars, Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone, as a special ambassador for promoting business opportunities in Hollywood, and he described it as “a great but very difficult place.”
“They’ll play a special envoy to me to bring Hollywood that has lost a lot of business in foreign countries for the past four years. Trump wrote at that time.
According to Prodpro, a film industry research firm, the United States remains a hub in major film productions around the world.
According to the most recent annual report, this country has earned $ 145 billion last year (£ 145 billion). However, it has decreased 26% since 2022.
According to the report, countries that have increased spending over the same period include Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Even before this recently, the US film industry was influenced by Trump’s trade policy.
In April, China said it is reducing the quota of American films allowed in the United States.
The Chinese Film Administration said, “The wrong behavior of the US government to abuse China’s tariffs will inevitably reduce the favor of domestic audiences in American films.
“We will follow market rules, respect the audience’s choice, and properly reduce the number of imported American films.”
Trump was the strongest of his tariff Salvo, and he imposed up to 145%of his import tax on the product.
His executive said last month that when a new tariff is added to the existing tariffs, some Chinese products can reach 245%.
Beijing counterattacked with 125%import tariffs on US products.
Other countries are currently facing a 10%blank tariff until the top payments expire in July.
Trump said he was meeting with many countries, including China, talking with reporters who boarded the Air Force 1 on Sunday.
But he added that he did not plan to talk with Chinese XI Jinping this week. Despite his previous report that Washington approached Beijing on trade negotiations, he added this week.
Trump asked if the trade agreement will be announced this week. Trump said, “It can be very good.”
Earlier, Trump sent a signal to be willing to make China’s tariffs.
“At some point, I can’t do business with them, and I will lower them because I want to do a lot of business.”
In the same interview, Trump said he could sell another extension of China’s US -based extension on China’s US operations.
He had two trials in a law that threatened to prohibit short video apps if it was not sold to a non -Chinese company.
ByTEDANCE must now reach a contract for ownership of platforms used by 170 million Americans by June 19.
Negotiations on potential transactions were suspended after Trump imposed a steep new tariff on China.
