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Trump called for 100% tariff on foreign films a day after Jon Voight proposed ‘limited’ tariffs
Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’
The Midnight Cowboy and Heat actor, who was appointed a “special ambassador” to Hollywood by Trump, has been meeting with studios, streamers, unions and guilds for months to develop a plan to lure film and television productions back to the US. Hollywood productions are often filmed in countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Hungary, Italy and Spain in order to take advantage of local tax incentives, talent pools and landscapes that look geographically similar enough to stand in for more expensive US locations. IATSE, however, also represents workers in Canada, with Loeb saying it would “continue to stand firm in our conviction that any eventual trade policy must do no harm to our Canadian members – nor the industry overall.”
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