Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told
by Michael Savage and Edward Helmore from World news | The Guardian on (#6X2JA)
Union warns that 100% levy could be knockout blow' and urges government 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.
UK government officials and senior figures from Britain's multibillion-pound production industry are to meet imminently to discuss Trump's threat, which he made after months of promising to restore Hollywood to its golden age".
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