Trump posted on social media May 4 that he was "authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.

A White House spokesman said Monday that "no final decisions" have been made on whether to impose a tariff on foreign-produced films, but that all options are being explored. President Trump said on Sunday that he had authorized the U.

Hollywood executives scrambled Monday to interpret President Trump’s call for stiff tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. — a bombshell proposal that would upend how movies have been made for years.