How Donald Trump’s Foreign Film Tariffs Could Affect SA

Hollywood stunned as Trump targets global movies

U.S. President Donald Trump has unsettled the global film industry with a pledge to impose 100% tariffs on all movies produced outside the United States.

Aussie A-lister’s telling response to question about Trump’s movie tariffs

Trump has threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on foreign-made films, which would derail Hollywood’s global business model.

Will Trump’s tariffs trash the film industry?

One feature of President Trump’s second term in office is that when he says he’ll do something, he usually does it, no matter how outlandish or cockamamie it might seem. So it has proved with his threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on any films that have been filmed outside the United States. He first said that he would do this in May, and many industry pundits rushed to say that his scheme was impractical, unworkable, etc. Yet veteran Trump wa…

Trump's Movie Tariff Is Self-Sabotage

In yet another late-night proclamation on Truth Social, Donald Trump announced his intent to follow through on a 100% tariff on films produced outside the United States. Wall Street's entertainment stocks took a dip as soon as the market opened, a bad start to the week for Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros., and Paramount. Trump likened film shoots abroad to "stealing candy from a baby," in this case, referring to California Gov. Newsom. Maybe this "…

Trump’s New Movie Tariff Threat Rattles Global Production Hubs

The president this week revived talk of a "100% Tariff" on movies "made" outside the U.S. "If Trump actually targets production this time, it will spook the industry and have real repercussions," says one Asia-based producer.

How Donald Trump’s foreign film tariffs could affect SA

US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films has sent shockwaves through the global film industry. The announcement, made on Monday in a social media post, aims to “make Hollywood great again”. This will be done by pushing studios to favour domestic production over filming abroad. DONALD TRUMP’S TARIFFS While the move targets overseas-made movies, the potential repercussions will reach far beyond America’s…