Catma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTrump tariffs: US president says non-US movies to be hit with 100% levieswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down12cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkTrump tariffs: US president says non-US movies to be hit with 100% levieswww.bbc.comCatma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square57linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoUh, ok, what? Are we trying to drown out foreign influence now? Like, idk, China? North Korea? Media is our biggest GDP dollar. Donnie is playing with fire here. I’d bet my life savings he backs down, like he has on everything else.
minus-squareBurninator05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoMaybe he’s talking about movies shot in Canada? I think a lot (no idea of an actual percentage) of movies are shot in Vancouver.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoA lot of TV shows and movies are made in Canada because our dollar is worth less, so American companies get more value for their money.
Uh, ok, what?
Are we trying to drown out foreign influence now? Like, idk, China? North Korea?
Media is our biggest GDP dollar. Donnie is playing with fire here. I’d bet my life savings he backs down, like he has on everything else.
Maybe he’s talking about movies shot in Canada? I think a lot (no idea of an actual percentage) of movies are shot in Vancouver.
A lot of TV shows and movies are made in Canada because our dollar is worth less, so American companies get more value for their money.