I don't want to harm the film industry. I want to help it, he says according to CNBC.
That's why we're going to meet with them. I want to be certain that they're happy with the proposal, because the most important thing for us is jobs.
It was during the night against Monday, Swedish time, that Trump on social media announced that he had assigned his administration to introduce 100-percent tariffs on the import of foreign film.
How it will work in practice is unclear.
No final decisions have been made on tariffs on foreign film, but the government is exploring all possibilities to deliver on President Trump's directive to protect our national and economic security and at the same time make Hollywood great again, says spokesperson Kush Desai.
Trump wrote in his post that the goal with the tariffs is to save the American film industry from a quick death.
