He blamed a “concerted effort” by other countries that offer incentives to attract filmmakers and studios, which he described as a “National Security threat”.
“WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick responded to the announcement, saying “We’re on it”.
This is an actual thing. I figured it was made up, but no, Trump is serious. :)
Free trade agreements are also about patents, copyright, and other IP enforcement. Trump making a trade war means that at some point we could see random people trying sell coca cola with the logo or even just the real coca cola out of a third shift without recourse for corporate.
I wonder how that concept might play out with foreign media in the US. Could mean piracy without VPN and such.