29/09/2025
100 PER CENT TARRIF ON OUTSIDE MOVIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE ON FURNITURE IMPORTS BY TRUMP!
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NEW YORK, Sep. 29, 2024
From our Overseas Bureau
President of United States, Donald Trump, today announced 100 per cent tariffs on movies made outside the country, in a move likely to impact Indian Film Industry.
“Our movie-making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, jjust like stealing 'candy from a baby',” Trump posted on Truth Social today.
Donald Trump said California has been particularly “hard hit” because of this, blaming democrat Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, for this loss, calling him “weak and incompetent.”
“To solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100 per cent Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States,” Donald Trump added.
The decision is likely to have an adverse impact on Indian Film Industry, as U.S. is one of the leading markets for Indian movies due to a large Indian diaspora in the country.
Notably, India produces movies in several languages, which are popular among the diverse Indian diaspora in the U.S. According to a 2017 Forbes' report, Indian language films have become big business in many places across the United States and Canada.
Indian movies' earnings are "commonly exceeding U.S.D. 8 million and occasionally topping U.S.D. 10 million," the report added.
Indian film-makers and North American distributors and exhibitors alike cater well to this audience. At any given time, over 1,000 movie screens in the territory may be dedicated to showing Indian films, the report said.
Importantly, there has been a significant rise in the collections of Indian movies in U.S. since then, experts say.
Meanwhile, President Trump has also decided to impose "substantial tariffs" on furniture imports.
"In order to make North Carolina, which has completely lost its furniture business to China, and other Countries, GREAT again, I will be imposing substantial Tariffs on any Country that does not make its furniture in the United States. Details to follow," Trump posted on Social Media.