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Yeah the superhero and big action movies play well around the world. 

China is notoriously protectionist of its movie industry, even before the new Trump tariffs they only allowed 34 import films per year.  So I'm not particularly sad if a movie tariff is applied against them, although I can't imagine we import very many Chinese films annually anyway. 

As far as the rest of the world goes, are they really stealing production from the USA?  I know Canada has a strong movie industry, but in general I think films shot in Europe and Asia, are done so because that's where they are set.

I do know that Disney has shot most of the Star Wars films in England ever since they acquired Lucasfilm, and I believe they shot a bunch of the Marvel stuff over there too.

So maybe it's a shot against Canada and Disney?

I thought Star Wars was pretty much always shot in England, even the Episode 4 (New Hope).  I'm not sure the reasons why.  

I thought Star Wars was pretty much always shot in England, even the Episode 4 (New Hope).  I'm not sure the reasons why. 

Original Star Wars was shot in Tunisia (Tatooine scenes), Guatemala (rebel base on Yavin 4), and the USA.

I'm all for incentives to do business in the USA, create jobs, and strengthen our economy

Yeah the superhero and big action movies play well around the world. 

China is notoriously protectionist of its movie industry, even before the new Trump tariffs they only allowed 34 import films per year.  So I'm not particularly sad if a movie tariff is applied against them, although I can't imagine we import very many Chinese films annually anyway. 

As far as the rest of the world goes, are they really stealing production from the USA?  I know Canada has a strong movie industry, but in general I think films shot in Europe and Asia, are done so because that's where they are set.

I do know that Disney has shot most of the Star Wars films in England ever since they acquired Lucasfilm, and I believe they shot a bunch of the Marvel stuff over there too.

So maybe it's a shot against Canada and Disney?

I’d guess the tactics aren’t really all that thought out.

I know Canada and think Ireland do some subsidizing, not too different from what Georgia did a while back. (in some cases, it’s been cheaper to fly everyone out to Ireland than to shoot in Los Angeles)

It’s really conflating two different things, production and the actual sales/profits from movies. In theory, maybe there’s value in reshoring production. That said, the 34 movies China shows make the US some money. Last year, Chinese tickets were about $728 million (and that number is down from historical highs). US box office was about $8.57 billion.

That part just feels misguided is we’re trying to get a better trade balance. Why court issues where we’re a net exporter?

I'm all for incentives to do business in the USA, create jobs, and strengthen our economy

I believe one issue is relying on government to make these decisions.  Often some special party or other gets special treatment because they are connected.  And "government" is sort of notorious for making poor decisions often as not.  Tariffs as a kind of anathema to free market advocates, and I tend in that direction.

Trump's Misleading Claim on Canadian Dairy Tariffs - FactCheck.org
Trump's Misleading Claim on Canadian Dairy Tariffs - FactCheck.org

Their dairy tariffs only kick in when imports exceed a level they never exceed.