Recommendations of the Editorial team
Donald Trump seems determined to take up his heavily criticized threat. A 100 percent customs on films, which are produced outside the United States.
Hollywood defends himself against Trump’s plans
Trump wrote on Trump on Monday, September 29: “Our film business was stolen from other countries to the United States. Just as you steal sweets with a baby. California, with his weak and incompetent governor [Gavin Newsom]was hit particularly hard! Therefore, to solve this long existing, never ending problem, I will raise a 100 percent customs on all films that are made outside of the United States. ”
As with his first threat in May, Trump left open when and how the tariffs were to be implemented. At that time there was no concrete measure. Film and television jobs in the USA, especially in California, have decreased significantly in recent years. Because of high production costs and a lack of tax incentives. Many productions have therefore migrated abroad. Nevertheless, there are also creative and artistic reasons to make films outside the USA.
As expected, Hollywood reacted outraged. Industry representatives warn that such a customs would cause massive damage to industry. And at the same time practically not implementable. An insider already said to CNN after the first threat: “At first glance, it is shocking. This would be the same as an almost complete production stop. In reality, however, he has no responsibility for it. And it is far too complex to be enforceable.”
Alternative concepts by Jon Voight
After Trump’s original customs announcement, even his own “special ambassador” for Hollywood, Jon Voight, had submitted a counter -plan. Without radical customs claims. Rather, he proposed a mixture of nationwide tax incentives, changes in the tax law, co-production contracts and subsidies for cinema operators as well as production and post-production companies. Customs is only conceivable, according to Voight.
A spokesman for Voight said that the actor had no comment on Trump’s recent advance.