Australian film producers and experts call Trump tariff proposal ‘bizarre’ and impossible to enforce
by Kelly Burke from World news | The Guardian on (#70E5M)
US president threatens levy on all foreign-made films, but experts point out that the industry is global and Australia is intertwined with Hollywood
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The federal government has vowed to fight a proposed 100% tariff on Australian-made films after the US president, Donald Trump, posted on his social media platform that he planned to go ahead with the huge levy on any and all movies made outside the United States".
Industry experts have described the proposal as bizarre and virtually impossible to enforce, given the global nature of film, with production, financing and post-production often spread across several countries.
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