President Trump’s US film tariff announcement: Comment from CMS Committee Chair Dame Caroline Dinenage MP
6 May 2025
Commenting on President Donald Trump’s announcement on plans for a tariff on US overseas film production, CMS Committee Chair Dame Caroline Dinenage MP said:
“Last month the Culture, Media and Sport Committee warned against complacency on our status as the Hollywood of Europe. President Trump’s announcement has made that warning all too real.
Making it more difficult to make films in the UK is not in the interests of American businesses. Their investment in facilities and talent in the UK, based on US-owned IP, is showing fantastic returns on both sides of the Atlantic. Ministers must urgently prioritise this as part of the trade negotiations currently underway.
At the same time, the Government’s forthcoming Creative Industries Sector Plan needs to meet the challenge we set down of incentivising inward investment while also growing our domestic sector so British film and high-end TV can thrive.”
The Committee’s report on British film and high-end TV was published last month.
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