Global film industry shrugs off threat from Trump tariffs

STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER is filming in Britain, sound-stages in Hungary are packed and post-production houses in Australia are humming, as the global film industry keeps rolling despite US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to impose tariffs on movies made outside of the United States.

- REUTERS

Trump has proposed levy-inga 100% tariff on films produced overseas to stem the loss of film jobs to production hubs around the world, reviving an idea he first broached in May. The initial call for tariffs jolted the film world,and temporarily halted projects and international movie finance deals as producers evaluated the potential impact of the levy on each project’s financial viability, two sources familiar with Hollywood motion-picture financing told Reuters.

This time around, the reaction has been more muted.