Teamsters boss praises Trump foreign film tariff, condemns Hollywood's 'un-American addiction to outsourcing'
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Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien praised President Trump for proposing a tariff on movies made outside of the U.S., blasting Hollywood for abandoning American workers.
Trump added that plans to institute a tariff are in the works, and he authorized the Department of Commerce and the United States 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." Alexander Hall is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Alexander.hall@fox.com.
The two representatives of the Teamsters union praised Trump for this in a statement, saying, "For years, Hollywood studios have hollowed out the industry by following Corporate America’s crooked playbook of outsourcing good union jobs. Studios chase cheap production costs overseas while gutting the American workforce that built the film and TV industry."
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