14 h. ago ‘It’s a big unknown’: California Democrat on Trump’s 100% tariff plan for foreign movies

Laura Friedman, who spent 20 years in Hollywood before winning her House seat, says film industry needs help but president’s vague policy idea is bafflingLaura Friedman’s love affair with film started young, staying up late to watch old Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney flicks. “It definitely gave me big dreams and I moved to Hollywood to follow those dreams,” she recalls.Now that dream is out of reach for many. Los Angeles is losing its allure as film producers increasingly turn to cheaper locations in other countries. But after 20 years working in the movie industry, Friedman is now uniquely placed to save it after she swapped Hollywood for the halls of Congress in Washington DC. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Fears of new global crash grow after Donald Trump terrifies markets by threatening 100 per cent tariff on China

The S&P 500 plunged 2.7 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 878 points, and the NASDAQ Composite slid 3.6 percent by the closing bell in New York.

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4 d. ago Trump imposes extra 100 PERCENT tariff on China: S&P suffers biggest wipeout since Liberation Day

Donald Trump has announced a 100 percent tariff on all Chinese goods.

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4 d. ago Markets tumble as Trump escalates trade war with 100% tariff on China ‘over and above’ current rates

Stocks had been dropping all day after Trump announced a ‘massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products,’ to counter the country’s new export controls on rare earth minerals

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4 d. ago Trump reignites trade war with threat of additional 100% tariff on China

President says measures will include export controls on software and take effect from November 1 ‘or sooner’

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4 d. ago Donald Trump threatens extra 100% tariff as he retaliates against China

President says measures will include export controls on software and take effect from November 1 ‘or sooner’

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2 w. ago Australian film producers and experts call Trump tariff proposal ‘bizarre’ and impossible to enforce

US president threatens levy on all foreign-made films, but experts point out that the industry is global and Australia is intertwined with HollywoodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe 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. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign

President Donald Trump is slapping a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States – a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates

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2 w. ago Trump makes new threat of 100% tariff on any movie made outside of the US in potential hammer blow to UK film industry

Trump did not specify when or how the tariff could be enacted, but if he follows through with the threat, it would mark the first time he has imposed a levy on a service rather than a raw good.

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2 w. ago Trump threatens ‘100% Tariff’ on all foreign and Hollywood movies filmed outside the US: ‘Candy from a baby’

Trump blames California for ‘stolen’ U.S. movie industry as theaters still limp through recovery from Covid

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2 w. ago Trump renews threat of imposing steep tariffs on films made outside the US

Trump claims he’ll impose 100% tariff on ‘any and all movies’ made abroad but doesn’t give details or timelineUS politics – latest updatesDonald Trump on Monday renewed his threat of imposing steep tariffs on films made outside the United States, claiming his country’s industry has been “stolen” by others.Trump’s remarks come shortly after he threatened a slew of new tariffs to be imposed this week on branded pharmaceutical products, furniture, as well as heavy trucks respectively. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump slaps 100% tariff on pharmaceuticals with kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks also hit with levies

President’s latest levies risk backfiring and intensifying inflation despite his assurances the country is having ‘unbelievable success’

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2 w. ago Trump announces 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical products

The US president also unveiled levies on heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities

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2 w. ago Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical products

The US president also unveiled levies on heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities

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