Trump Orders Film Tariffs

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Lights, camera … tariffs? President tries economic blunt force to keep film production in Hollywood

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President Donald Trump has ordered a 100% tariff on films produced internationally and imported to the U.S. Many foreign cities have offered large tax breaks to film and television studios to shoot movies and shows outside of Hollywood .

Hollywood 's most prominent advocate in Congress , Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA), isn’t impressed with the Trump approach.

Lowe said his game show, The Floor, films in Ireland because it’s cheaper to fly people there than it is to shoot in Los Angeles . The pair also complained about how many soundstages are empty in and around Los Angeles . Despite the area’s entertainment infrastructure, without tax credits and other financial incentives at least equal to those of foreign filming destinations, productions have been priced out of Hollywood . This has devastating economic ripple effects on middle-class entertainment industry professionals such as costume designers and lighting technicians..

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