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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Michael Savage and Edward Helmore

Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told

People dressed as Storm Troopers in front of a Pinewood Studios sign
The UK’s Pinewood Studios have been used for filming of the Star Wars franchises. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/The Guardian

Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on movies made outside the US could wipe out the UK film industry, ministers have been warned, as they came under immediate pressure to prioritise the issue in trade talks with the White House.

UK government officials and senior figures from Britain’s multibillion-pound production industry are to meet imminently to discuss Trump’s threat, which he made after months of promising to restore Hollywood to its “golden age”.

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