Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood great again. But left to his own devices he might just make it worse. The US president directed his team last weekend to begin exploring a 100 per cent tariff on all films produced abroad, claiming that the American movie industry is “dying”. That is a showman’s take. But the sector is indeed under pressure. Between 2021 and 2024, film and TV production spending in the US fell 28 per cent. A host of recent major Hollywood films — from Avatar in 2009 to Wicked in 2024 — have been at least partially filmed outside of America. How import duties are supposed to help is, however, a conundrum.
唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)想让好莱坞重现辉煌。但如果任由他自行其是，情况可能只会变得更糟。上周末，这位美国总统指示其团队开始研究对所有海外制作的电影征收100%的关税，声称美国电影业正在“衰落”。这是一种表演者的说法，但该行业确实面临压力。2021年至2024年间，美国影视制作支出下降了28%。从2009年的《阿凡达》到2024年的《魔法坏女巫》，许多近期好莱坞大片至少部分是在美国以外拍摄的。然而，进口关税究竟如何能起到帮助作用，却是一个难题。