CBS: President Trump on Sunday announced movies as the latest target for tariffs because the U.S. movie industry "is DYING a very fast death."In a Truth Social post, the president said he's authorizing the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to begin the process of imposing a 100% tariff "on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands."It wasn't immediately clear how the tariffs would be applied.Mr. Trump said the incentives that other countries are offering filmmakers and studios constitute a national security threat.
"Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood and many other areas within the U.S.A. are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat," the president wrote. "It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!"
The announcement comes as the White House is coming under mounting criticism over its aggressive trade policies that have seen Mr. Trump impose sweeping tariffs on countries around the globe.
China, which has taken the brunt of the president's combative trade policies with 145% tariffs on many goods, said last month it would reduce the number of U.S. films it imported.
There was also no mention in Trump's social media post of television series, an increasingly popular and profitable sector of production for the screen.
Arameh Etemadi is a versatile media professional with extensive experience in television production, documentary direction, journalism, and film criticism. Since 2007, she has been recognized as a film critic for Iranian Film Magazine, where she is known for her insightful articles and film reviews. In 2014, she won the award for Best Art Interviewer from the Iranian
Society of Film Critics and Writers (ISFCW).
Currently, Arameh Etemadi works as a film critic for Cinema Without Borders, and her writing has also appeared in a range of other publications, including Chelcheragh, Hamshahri Javan, Shargh Newspaper, Tehran-e Emrooz, and 24 monthly magazines. She was born and raised in
Tehran, where she began her professional career as a journalist and film critic for Hamshahri and Naghshafarinan in 2004. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and has studied Social Communication Science in Tehran and Arameh Etemadi completed post-production courses at
UCLA. In addition to her work as a film critic, Arameh Etemadi is also a talented writer, director, and live TV show producer. Her documentary on the life and works of “Mohamadreza Lotfi” was released in 2015, showcasing her skills as a director.
In 2022, Arameh Etemadi directed and produced two documentaries about cryptocurrency.
Furthermore, she co-founded and served as Artistic Director of the Sheed Film Festival in Dallas, TX, in 2016 and 2017.
