{"id":141147,"date":"2025-05-06T00:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-movies-but-experts-say-it-may-not-be-so-simple-national\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T00:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:26:10","slug":"trump-threatens-tariffs-on-films-however-specialists-say-it-will-not-be-so-easy-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-films-however-specialists-say-it-will-not-be-so-easy-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens tariffs on films, however specialists say it will not be so easy &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The movie and streaming trade is <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/11164360\/trump-orders-100-tariff-on-movies-made-abroad-to-save-dying-hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the newest space of focus for U.S. President Donald Trump <\/a>and his tariff technique, however specialists say there are various challenges to imposing tariffs on manufacturing firms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"what-has-trump-said-about-the-film-industry\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhat has Trump stated in regards to the movie trade?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leading as much as the election, Trump campaigned on reviving home manufacturing and manufacturing within the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday evening, Trump took to social media saying, \u201cThe Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke from the White House garden on Monday telling reporters, \u201cOther nations have been stealing the moving-making capabilities from the United States \u2026 and we\u2019re making very few movies right now \u2026 Hollywood is being destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be unclear precisely what movie trade tariffs would appear to be or after they can be applied.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"how-realistic-are-trumps-film-ambitions\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tHow sensible are Trump&#8217;s movie ambitions?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s tariff coverage to this point has featured particular duties added to merchandise made overseas and imported into the United States, with essentially the most important duties together with <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11126857\/donald-trump-tariffs-china-retaliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">145 per cent on imports from China.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But relating to movies and streaming video content material, tariffs may very well be extra sophisticated as there&#8217;s much less of a tangible product to deal with and extra of a service with many layers to deconstruct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/money123.jpg\" alt=\"Get expert insights, Q&amp;A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get weekly cash information<\/h2>\n<p>Get knowledgeable insights, Q&amp;A on markets, housing, inflation, and private finance data delivered to you each Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt (the film industry) is not a single sector, it\u2019s different aspects of a single sector,\u201d says Charlie Keil, cinema research professor on the University of Toronto, including, \u201cand it\u2019s also not clear whether it makes sense to do it as a broad swath or to differentiate according to the level of input that comes from a non-American source.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11164766_681950b916a79\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11164766\" 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l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith films, we\u2019re not used to differential pricing. Theatres don\u2019t charge you according to what the film costs. So the question is, how is this tariff going to get passed on to the consumer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A White House assertion on Monday from spokesperson Kush Desai clarified the administration\u2019s intentions saying \u201cAlthough no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump\u2019s directive to safeguard our country\u2019s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unlike with the automotive sector, a movie\u2019s manufacturing can attain numerous elements of the world, however in the end nonetheless profit the United States.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11161610\/donald-trump-canada-election-51st-state-atlantic-interview\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/7fc6720c6e6a7a4eb2182275edc950406c0e28de8086b0e361cd1a2664d39b09_b7a85d.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Trump \u2018delighted\u2019 by his influence on Canada\u2019s election: U.S. journalist\" data-title=\"\">Trump \u2018delighted\u2019 by his affect on Canada\u2019s election: U.S. journalist<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11164169\/milton-east-halton-hills-south\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dd0daeb25d9e47f1c4fbba0a805d8eb3afbf15d99594a91987b7dcfd60bcbdea.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Canada election: Ontario riding flips to Liberals after validation process\" data-title=\"\">Canada election: Ontario using flips to Liberals after validation course of<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe real business of the film business is about ownership, intellectual property control, and equity, and basically return on investment. So as long as the Americans control that, they control what really matters. It\u2019s not where it\u2019s made. It\u2019s controlling all those other elements,\u201d says Elevation Pictures co-president Noah Segal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis (Trump\u2019s) fear of China\u2019s electric cars is because China owns those cars. Well, in this case, Disney owns Mickey Mouse. They own it no matter where they make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11164486_681950b919848\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11164486\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11164486\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11164486_681950b919848\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s first meeting with Donald Trump set to get underway'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ia2ah278tf-6h07fwj457\/GNMAKINCARNEYTRUMPPREVIEWSTILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ia2ah278tf-6h07fwj457\/GNMAKINCARNEYTRUMPPREVIEWSTILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ia2ah278tf-6h07fwj457\/GNMAKINCARNEYTRUMPPREVIEWSTILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ia2ah278tf-6h07fwj457\/GNMAKINCARNEYTRUMPPREVIEWSTILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">4:47<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s first assembly with Donald Trump set to get underway<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"what-could-this-mean-for-canadas-film-industry\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhat may this imply for Canada&#8217;s movie trade?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If Trump is profitable at returning all of the bodily parts of movie manufacturing to the United States, then Canada\u2019s booming trade may very well be impacted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt could be very bad news if it pans out in that way. It\u2019s all very provisional, but yeah, it could be devastating,\u201d says Keil. \u201cWhen we call it the Canadian film industry, what we really mean is a service industry supplementing the U.S. film industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ontario alone accounts for greater than $3 billion value of international movie manufacturing yearly with firms like Netflix, Amazon and Warner Bros. Pictures organising store within the province.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/o1\/en\/plus\/7814-and-winner-canadian-film-television-and-video-post-production-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Statistics Canada<\/a>, the home trade raked in $2.8 billion in income in 2023, which was a 3rd increased than the earlier report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen this type of behaviour from the president before,\u201d says Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming Stan Cho, talking to reporters. \u201cHe\u2019ll say one thing one day and the next day he\u2019ll change his mind, so we\u2019re hoping that he\u2019ll realize just how huge this industry is as a driver and creator of jobs. We\u2019ll have to wait and see if he follows through.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The movie and streaming trade is the newest space of focus for U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariff technique, however specialists say there are various challenges to imposing tariffs on manufacturing firms. What has Trump stated in regards to the movie trade? 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