CityNews Winnipeg: Manitoba reacts to Trump’s film tariff threat

University of Manitoba, Film Professor Brenda Austin Smith, like many in the industry, questions how the tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is. 

“It’s impulsive, it’s not really all that informed, but it has the potential to do a lot of damage,” said Smith.

“This part came from Canada, this part came from the U.S., this part came from Spain, this part came from France, and we are going to tariff what? Only those parts? Or is there going to be a bar percentage of 30 per cent was shot outside of the U.S., or 30 per cent was in postproduction, it’s impossible to predict.”

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