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U.S. President Donald Trump declared a 100% tariff on films produced outside the United States on Sunday. He revealed the change on his social media site, Truth Social. Trump argued that the President’s job was to defend the United States against foreign and domestic threats and that the issue involved messaging and propaganda, among other concerns. Trump said the tariff would take effect immediately and that the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative would soon start taking all necessary and appropriate action under Section 301, a trade sense law, to halt what he said were unfair trade practices. Yet he did not detail when or how the policy would take effect. The post was one in a series Trump has touched on tariffs since he began the tariff wars, indicating that no industry may remain untouched. He cast the move in patriotic terms to preserve American jobs and values. China plans to cut American movie quota China had already begun to act just weeks before Trump’s announcement. On April 10, China’s Film Administration announced it would cut the number of American movies permitted into the market. The action is believed to be in retaliation to previous U.S. talks of increasing tariffs on imported entertainment. The administration said in a public statement that the U.S. government’s abuse of tariffs to interfere with and suppress legitimate industries had reshaped domestic audiences’ attitudes toward American films. It added that China would follow market rules and respect audience preferences by reducing the number of U.S. films allowed into the country. China is the world’s second-largest film market, and Hollywood increasingly depends on it. But it has become more protective of its homegrown entertainment industry. For the last few years, Chinese films have been kicking the backsides of Hollywood imports at the local box…

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