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US exports are actually led by energy, cars, civilian aircraft, turbine and IT services.
The movie plan is obviously a fudge without any real thinking about how it might be practically applied. What defines the nationality of a movie for tariff purposes? Is it about where it is made? Or who makes it? Or who stars in it? Or who funds it?
Spend any time at all thinking about this in practical terms, and you realise how unworkable/undesirable it would be.
If it's where it is shot, then Hollywood blockbusters shot on location would incur tariffs. If it's about who is in it, then all your non-American stars start working elsewhere. If it's about who makes it, then all your foreign talent starts working elsewhere. If it's about who funds it, then all your inflows of overseas cash into Hollywood dries up.
And that's assuming there's a way to apply the tariffs. Zeus knows how you'd apply that.
Edited by Peter Martin on 21 January 2026 at 6:12pm
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