Trump, tariffs and takeovers

Snailwood2 · **Joined:** Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:18 pm **Posts:** 247

So Mr Trump wants a 100% tariff on foreign films in the USA. Can't be good for one possible takeover candidate.

Maybe Mr Trump could put a block on our plans?

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7282

Snailwood2 wrote:

So Mr Trump wants a 100% tariff on foreign films in the USA. Can't be good for one possible takeover candidate.

Maybe Mr Trump could put a block on our plans?

Who is the candidate then, why the secret ?

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5482

Snailwood2 wrote:

So Mr Trump wants a 100% tariff on foreign films in the USA. Can't be good for one possible takeover candidate.

Maybe Mr Trump could put a block on our plans?

Yep, been thinking that too. If her bid is serious and its backed by film industry money the orange gobshite just put a big question mark over it. Would be just Hartlepool's luck!

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19437

Snailwood2 wrote:

So Mr Trump wants a 100% tariff on foreign films in the USA. Can't be good for one possible takeover candidate.

Maybe Mr Trump could put a block on our plans?

thats one pointless tariff when you have the biggest film industry in the world. cannot see many yanks interested in watching a chinese or bollywood epic with or without sub titles.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37138

Snailwood2 wrote:

So Mr Trump wants a 100% tariff on foreign films in the USA. Can't be good for one possible takeover candidate.

Maybe Mr Trump could put a block on our plans?

Candidate and reasons….?

Whatever or whoever takes over here, I think the old American fillum star rescue scene is well played out, the Cavalry ain’t gonna save us cowboy.

Krampesh · **Joined:** Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:14 am **Posts:** 607

I doubt the tariff will last but if it does surely there's loads of ways around it. Films are a bit different to physical goods so what are you actually putting the tariff on? The sale of distribution rights, DVDs, cinema tickets? If it's the last 2 surely films will just go straight to streaming, if it's the first surely you get a production company in the US to co-produce so that the film is then american made when you sell the rights or you sell it to the European arm of a big US company who then own the IP so can distribute in the US?
If I can think of ways around this and I have no experience in the industry I doubt it's likely to go ahead/work

Infidel · **Joined:** Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:20 am **Posts:** 629

Jamie1952 wrote:

Snailwood2 wrote:

So Mr Trump wants a 100% tariff on foreign films in the USA. Can't be good for one possible takeover candidate.

Maybe Mr Trump could put a block on our plans?

Who is the candidate then, why the secret ?

Mickey Mouse?

He's friends with Singh I've heard.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37138

Krampesh wrote:

I doubt the tariff will last but if it does surely there's loads of ways around it. Films are a bit different to physical goods so what are you actually putting the tariff on? The sale of distribution rights, DVDs, cinema tickets? If it's the last 2 surely films will just go straight to streaming, if it's the first surely you get a production company in the US to co-produce so that the film is then american made when you sell the rights or you sell it to the European arm of a big US company who then own the IP so can distribute in the US?
If I can think of ways around this and I have no experience in the industry I doubt it's likely to go ahead/work

This will be history by next month…if Hollywood is making films overseas, it’s probably because of the costs in the US..

That’s another spanner in the works.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7282

Trump thoughts change by the day, he is now realising companies are not now all of a sudden going to shut up shop in other countries and move to the States. Imposing tariffs means the countries he imposing them on they will just sell their goods elsewhere, American isn’t the only country in the world.
Musk must be regretting the day he backed Trump, sales in Tesla cars has slumped as has the value of the company. Amazon were going to price goods on their US site showing what extra was added because of the tariffs but relented.

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 7201

Its because the American film industry are making fillums abroad.

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