BUFFALO, N.Y. — Former President Donald Trump is again proposing a 100 percent tariff on films produced outside the United States, a move that has raised questions across Hollywood and beyond.

President Trump first floated the idea back in May, writing on Truth Social that “the movie industry in America is dying a very fast death.” He renewed the proposal this week but has not provided details on how such a tariff could be implemented.

Earlier in the spring, when the proposal was announced, there was a lot of talk among the industry. Some "people were excited about the potential of getting production back, because so much has been lost overseas."

Tim Clark, the Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner and former chairman of the Association of Film Commissioners International, said the measure

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