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Trump’s Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Is on Shaky Legal Ground: ‘How on Earth Are They Going to Enforce This?’


President Trump's plan to impose 100% tariffs on foreign-made films faces a number of legal and practical obstacles.

“The 1994 amendment made crystal clear that the president did not have the power under [IEEPA] to stop the flow of foreign audiovisual media,” says Anupam Chander, a Georgetown University law professor. Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, says that IEEPA is the “most legally risky path,” due to the Berman amendments. If Trump moves forward, a movie studio or other injured party could seek an injunction to block the tariffs.

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