Customs duties: Donald Trump plunges the cinema world into confusion
Noémie Taylor-Rosner, in Los Angeles
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The announcement of 100% tariffs on films produced outside the United States has sparked a reaction from the film industry worldwide. With Hollywood in crisis, such a measure risks increasing production costs, including for American films.
A few days before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13, Donald Trump is sowing disquiet in the film industry. The cause is his announcement on Sunday, May 4, of his intention to impose 100% customs duties on "all films (...) produced in foreign countries." After French champagne , cars made in Canada, and Mexican tomatoes, it is now the 7th art that is bearing the brunt of his nationalist-tinged trade war. "WE WANT FILMS MADE IN AMERICA," he insisted, in bold letters, on his Truth Social network.
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