US EditionTrump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies
- On Monday, September 29, 2025, President Donald Trump announced plans to levy a 100% tariff on all films produced outside the U.S.
- Trump cited foreign tax incentives that have drawn filmmaking abroad and blamed California's Democratic governor for harming the U.S. movie business.
- The president first previewed this 100% tariff plan in May, surprising Hollywood and reigniting debates about film production costs overseas.
- An industry insider said the tariff would cause a 'virtually complete halt of production' and is too complex to enforce effectively.
- If implemented, the tariff could mark the first time tariffs apply to a service and may profoundly disrupt Hollywood's global production networks.
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Trump has doubled down on his non-US movie tariff threat. That’s a bad thing for cinema
After first announcing the plan in May, Trump returned to the plan on his social media platform Truth Social overnight, stating, “Our movie making business has been stolen … Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”
The Washington Hispanic
US President Donald Trump reiterated Monday his intention to impose 100% tariffs on films released in the United States but produced abroad, something he had already announced in May. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the Republican president said these charges are necessary because other countries have "stealed" the film business from the United States. "To solve this endless problem, I will impose 100% tariffs on all films produced outsi…
In the US, President Trump has once again announced the introduction of a 100% tariff on all films produced abroad.
President Donald Trump announced he will impose a 100% tariff on all films made outside the United States, as a measure to combat what he described as the theft of the domestic film industry by other countries.
Trump threatens fresh tariffs related to furniture, movies made outside of US
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would levy new tariffs to boost the domestic film and furniture industries through a pair of sweeping, yet confusing, plans. Trump posted on social media Monday that he would be “imposing substantial Tariffs…
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