Trump’s Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Is on Shaky Legal Ground: ‘How on Earth Are They Going to Enforce This?’

“How on earth are they going to enforce this?” asks Schuyler Moore, a partner at Greenberg Glusker. Popular on VarietyBut the law includes specific allowances — called the Berman amendments — for the free flow of informational materials, including films. The White House has not spelled out the legal authority Trump would use to tariff foreign-made films. Tariffs are typically imposed on goods; films are services, which are transmitted digitally and not through ports of entry. Other countries have placed quotas on importation of Hollywood films, or imposed a ticket tax at theaters on foreign films.