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Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told


Union warns 100% levy could be ‘knock-out blow’ and urges ministers to defend sector and those who work in it

Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on movies made outside the US could “wipe out” the UK film industry, ministers have been warned, as they came under immediate pressure to prioritise the issue in trade talks with the White House. In an extraordinary intervention, Trump announced his intention to impose the levy on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”, stating that the US film industry was suffering a “very fast death” as a result of the incentives being offered overseas. Senior politicians are calling for Keir Starmer’s government to prioritise the UK film industry in US trade talks, though sources have already told the Guardian that a deal is a second-order priority for Trump.

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