China’s film industry on notice in Trump threat to expand tariff war to services
The US president said on social media that foreign-made films would be subject to a 100 per cent levy, citing ‘national security’
“I am authorising the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100 per cent tariff on any and all films coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands,” he wrote on social media.
“This is a concerted effort by other nations and therefore a national security threat,” he added.
Trump has been using national emergencies as an enabling device to rapidly push through policies that undercut US norms and traditions, an approach that is increasingly facing legal challenges.
On his first day in office in January, Trump made executive declarations claiming that the US was facing emergencies in immigration as well as terrorism and energy.