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Ontario will ‘suit up’ to fight against possible 100% U.S. tariffs on films, minister says [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S. CBC’s Dale Manucdoc explains how the move could affect Toronto’s film industry.

Ontario will head down to Washington to fight against a possible 100 per cent tariff on films coming into the U.S. that are not produced in the country, the province’s minister of economic development said. 

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is authorizing the Department of Commerce and the U.S. 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” in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday. 

Min. Vic Fedeli said the province will “suit up again for yet another assault” in response to Trump’s post, speaking at a news conference in Oakville on …

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