India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

[uddu]

Trump’s Pharma Shock: Will 100% Tariffs on Drugs Hit India? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
President Trump has opened a new front in his trade war — this time targeting pharmaceuticals. From October, branded and patented drug imports will face a 100% tariff in the U.S. India, America’s biggest supplier of medicines, will feel the heat. Generics are exempt — for now — but Washington has launched a sweeping investigation into pharma imports, raising fears of wider restrictions. Indian companies, which supply nearly one-third of U.S. medicines, may face pressure to “Make in America” — build factories, hire locally, and absorb higher costs. Markets across Asia reacted sharply, with pharma stocks sliding. The risk is clear: Indian pharma could lose competitiveness, and American patients may end up paying higher prices for essential, even life-saving drugs.

[chetak]

This explains the hostility against India, of the biden administration, the turdeau govt in kaneda and some white trash countries in europe like germany, and the scandinavian scum

Do you know there is a global alliance of 140 socialist parties?

It's name is - Progressive Alliance

Parties like Democrats (USA), Labor (UK), SDP (Germany), Workers Party (Brazil), Congress (India) etc are members of this alliance

They work jointly to help each other to get power and to target RW parties worldwide

George Soros and other Deep State members are behind this alliance

Absolutely, this is an important point to highlight.

Yes — the Progressive Alliance is indeed a global network that brings together socialist, social-democratic and progressive parties from around the world. Its stated goal is to strengthen cooperation on shared values like social justice, equality and inclusive development.

From the Democrats in the U.S. to Labour in the U.K., the SPD in Germany, the Workers’ Party in Brazil and the Congress Party in India, these parties do coordinate on strategy, campaigning techniques and policy ideas. This cross‑border cooperation helps them amplify their reach, build international solidarity and counter the growing influence of right‑wing forces globally.

Whatever one’s political stance, it’s undeniable that such a network is powerful and has the capacity to shape narratives, elections and policies in many countries at once — which is why it’s closely watched by everyone.

[eklavya]

Not sure if posted before. But it’s a good summary. What Trump is asking for is not even in the US interest. It’s pure narcissism and individual gratification. And there’s no knowing where it goes and where it stops. It’s better to stop it right away.

India turns away from Trump’s America

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column

Trump immediately claimed credit for engineering the end to fighting, suggesting he used trade to bring both parties to heel. “We stopped a nuclear conflict,” the U.S. leader claimed. “I think it could have been a bad nuclear war, millions of people could have been killed, so I’m very proud of that.” But while Pakistan was quick to give the White House the credit it wanted, India insisted the deal had been reached bilaterally.

Eventually, as trade talks between India and the U.S. continued to stall over agriculture and other issues, Trump and Modi spoke on the phone in June. I have been told that during this call, the U.S. president insisted Modi publicly give him credit for ending the fighting in May, and that he invited the Indian prime minister to the White House when the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir would also be visiting.

Modi wasn’t about to consider either of these requests. India has always insisted its conflict with Pakistan is a purely bilateral issue, pointing to earlier agreements between the two countries that reject outside mediation. And as prime minister, Modi could never accept the idea of meeting with the Pakistani military chief as if they were equals.

This was the last call between the two leaders. Washington’s stance in the trade negotiations hardened after Modi’s rejection of Trump’s entreaties, making a deal less likely. And Trump has been insisting that a final agreement be reached between him and Modi directly. However, the Indian leader knows what the U.S. president really wants — his public assent to the idea that Trump prevented a nuclear confrontation.

This background helps partly explain why Trump decided to single India out for punishment for its purchase of Russian oil not long after.
In early August, as the U.S. president indicated his growing displeasure with Russia over its war in Ukraine, he declared India a “dead economy” and announced an additional 25 percent tariff on the country for importing oil from Russia. Many countries buy Russian oil and other energy products — including the U.S., which buys enriched uranium for its nuclear reactors from Russia — but only India was punished.

It was a confusing decision: The U.S. has long encouraged India to buy Russian oil, provided its purchases stay below the $60 oil cap agreed by Western countries. Without Russian supplies, oil prices would spike and fuel inflation. Plus, China is a far bigger buyer of oil and gas than India, yet no tariffs or sanctions were imposed on Beijing.

So, after a quarter century of building a strategic partnership with the world’s most populous economy — its second-largest democracy and soon-to-be third-largest economy — why single India out? As commentators around the world were quick to note, it makes no economic, political or strategic sense.

But the damage has already been done. The enrollment of Indian students in U.S. universities is down 40 to 50 percent from last year’s record high of 300,000. Businesses are looking for other export markets, aided by new trade deals with Britain and, soon, the EU. Indian officials are strengthening relations with Moscow, and Modi traveled to China for the first time in seven years.

Those in India who long warned about entangling alignments are now having a field day, and Modi himself is talking about the critical importance of self-reliance. The U.S., meanwhile, is losing a strategic partner in an important part of the world.

[KL Dubey]

You both are PhDs.

Moderator - What do these "PhD" comments mean? Sonam Wangchuk is also a PhD, so what?

No PhD is needed to understand what is going on here. Beware of the "takshaks" amongst the "rakshaks". Some of these posters should have been banned long ago.

[A_Gupta]

The Bharat Summit’s Hyderabad Resolution (pdf file)
https://www.samruddhabharat.in/Hyderaba ... tion-2.pdf

Quite innocuous on the face of it, but the meaning depends on what particulars you attach to the general terms. E.g., I would not term NDA sarkaar as autocratic, but “progressives” might, and that changes the practical meaning of the document.

(it is just like if a document refers to “rule of law” and some readers think of it as “Indian law”, but what was intended is “Islamic law”. )

Dissection of this document on the appropriate thread would be welcome. I think the document has two types of statements - ones with no ambiguity that everyone agrees on, such as its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism, and those with a poison pill.)

[g.sarkar]

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/deni ... 250927.htm
'Denied sleep, veg food': 73-yr-old woman deported from US speaks
Utkarsh Mishra, September 27, 2025
A 73-year-old woman, who was deported from the United States recently after spending more than three decades there, on Saturday said no one should go through the ordeal she went through, and expressed her desire to be reunited with her family in America.
Kaur, who had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the US, was deported to India after being detained by immigration authorities in California, her advocate said earlier.
She was detained by immigration authorities in California on September 8 after she went for a routine check-in, triggering protests and concerns among her family and community members.
Kaur reached the US in 1992 as a single mother with two sons. Her asylum case was denied in 2012, but since then, she 'faithfully reported' to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Francisco every six months for more than 13 years, her daughter-in-law Manji said after her deportation.
Speaking to reporters at her sister's house in Mohali, Kaur, who hails from Pangota village in Tarn Taran district, said, "I used to go there (ICE office) to mark my presence every six months. On September 8, I went there to mark my presence, but they arrested me without specifying anything."
Kaur also said she was sent back without being given the chance to even say goodbye to her close family members.
......
Gautam
The way I see it: She asked for political asylum, claiming persecution in India. This claim was denied, and she was deported after 3 decades. I do not see what she can complain about, but then I am biased.

[ShauryaT]

Shaurya T, is the US truly independent? I can't understand where your gloom and doom rona dhona is coming from, unless I totally misread your post.

Words can indeed be portrayed as such, however I would say they are a pessimistic view (IMO a realistic view) of the near future and India capabilities to meet those challenges in all zones of power. Does not mean India will collapse or anything but they are an assessment of our realistic chances of being a great power, in say a generation. China is a great power (almost) both in the maritime and continental domains. Russia is a great continental power. The US is a super power (ability to exert its dominance globally in all domains of power). Great powers are those who are able to defend their interests - independently. The US is in a different league altogether.

Maybe it is my age talking to me, but optimism should always win. I would not mind being wrong. None of these definitions of power are perfect elaborations but this is the closest understanding we have. The issue is not about our ability to be a great power - for I will always believe in our innate ability to do so, it is about realistic probabilities in meaningful timeframes. It is also about not wanting to be in the rut of NAM like categories and be denied investments and opportunities that India needs. Security balances, India needs. I do not want to get into details of comparative power and economic, capability comparisons with other powers, for it is a depressing exercise. As far as US is concerned, my view is we are moving towards a new Cold War and India NEEDS to choose a side and not do a redux and be left out by all. Trump or no Trump.

[chetak]

You both are PhDs.

Moderator - What do these "PhD" comments mean? Sonam Wangchuk is also a PhD, so what?

No PhD is needed to understand what is going on here. Beware of the "takshaks" amongst the "rakshaks". Some of these posters should have been banned long ago.

wrongduck has been awarded a Honorary D.Litt by Symbiosis International, a dipschitt Indian private university

like chalk and cheese

[KL Dubey]

Moderator - What do these "PhD" comments mean? Sonam Wangchuk is also a PhD, so what?

No PhD is needed to understand what is going on here. Beware of the "takshaks" amongst the "rakshaks". Some of these posters should have been banned long ago.

wrongduck has been awarded a Honorary D.Litt by Symbiosis International, a dipschitt Indian private university

like chalk and cheese

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Just because someone has PhD/D Litt/other advanced degree on his name, doesn't mean that they are somehow assumed to be "rakshaks" instead of "takshaks".

BTW, on a different note, the film "3 Idiots" continues to entertain long after its commercial lifetime, what with Ramalingam, Wangdu, Farhan, Raju etc characters cropping up in real life. In fact, the movie was claimed to be loosely based on the life of this Wangchuk fellow.

[gakakkad]

You both are PhDs.

Moderator - What do these "PhD" comments mean? Sonam Wangchuk is also a PhD, so what?

No PhD is needed to understand what is going on here. Beware of the "takshaks" amongst the "rakshaks". Some of these posters should have been banned long ago.

The PhDs in question are physics PhDs . Sonam l*ndch*s got an honorary doctorate in lesbian pretzels .

Hopefully we don't do too much friendly fire .

[A_Gupta]

If “great power” means being able to project force in, say, Latin America, IMO, that is not a worthwhile goal. Ego-wise it is great, but is simply against the Indian ethos, IMO.

If India’s goals are to obtain a continually improving way of life for its people -all of its people without glaring disparities in income - not just gross material, but also retaining culture, family ties, etc., etc., and not becoming a nation of pill-poppers, or where every third person is chronically depressed, and so on, that is a most worthwhile goal.

Some reflection will show that 80% of it lies in the “National character” - as revealed by the trillions of individual decisions made each day, from the personal level to the highest reaches of government, institutions and businesses - and 20% external.

India needs to export primarily to pay for its energy needs. India needs more investment than it can raise internally. And it needs technology infusion where it is pragmatic to get from abroad than develop indigenously. India needs to keep its defense up-to-date and world-class.

Trump, the USA can inflict pain, but cannot keep India from achieving these goals, especially if India focuses on the 80%. What slows down high achievement among Indians are the decisions of other Indians; which is evident from how well Indians do in an outside-of-India environment if these constraints are lifted. India is big enough and strong enough to become wealthy on its own IF Indians collectively exercise wisdom and determination. The US, etc., if friendly can be an accelerant, but never the primary cause.

——

As a micro-microcosm of it, just consider India in international chess. First grandmaster in 1988. Was Indian talent lacking before that? What was standing in their way? But somehow Vishwanathan Anand opened the doors, and a flood of Indian talent has walked through those doors, including the youngest grandmaster ever, and a world champion in classical chess.

[KL Dubey]

The PhDs in question are physics PhDs . Sonam l*ndch*s got an honorary doctorate in lesbian pretzels .

Hopefully we don't do too much friendly fire .

It's not friendly fire.

Also I think the moderator meant "A Gupta" and not "Amber G"..."A Gupta" is not a physicist as far as I know. The other participant seems to be the common factor in all these arguments. There are some disgruntled elements who do not make any contributions, their posts are usually targeted at disparaging someone or something.

[chetak]

wrongduck has been awarded a Honorary D.Litt by Symbiosis International, a dipschitt Indian private university

like chalk and cheese

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Just because someone has PhD/D Litt/other advanced degree on his name, doesn't mean that they are somehow assumed to be "rakshaks" instead of "takshaks".

BTW, on a different note, the film "3 Idiots" continues to entertain long after its commercial lifetime, what with Ramalingam, Wangdu, Farhan, Raju etc characters cropping up in real life. In fact, the movie was claimed to be loosely based on the life of this Wangchuk fellow.

the guy is a second generation political dickhead of the congress genre

his dad, as crooked as they come, was in the J&K govt for many years.

all his so called "educational" qualifications are via the BIF NGOs, soreass network, fraud foundations who have leveraged their connections to make it easy for him to "acquire" these awards and academic cover fire


Awards

Year Title
2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award[84]
2018 Honorary D.Litt by Symbiosis International[85]
2018 Eminent Technologist of the Himalayan Region by IIT Mandi[86]
2017 Indians for Collective Action (ICA) Honor Award, San Francisco, CA [87]
2017 GQ Men of the Year Awards, Social Entrepreneur of the Year[88]
2017 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture[89]
2017 State Award for outstanding environmentalist by J&K Govt.[90]
2016 Rolex Award for Enterprise[91]
2016 International Terra Award for best earth building[21]
2014 UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture, by CRATerre France[92]
2008 Real Heroes Award by CNN-IBN TV[93]
2004 The Green Teacher Award by Sanctuary Asia[94]
2002 Ashoka Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship, by Ashoka USA[8]
2001 Man of the Year by The Week[95]
1996 Governor's Medal for educational reform in Jammu and Kashmir[96]

BTW, no matter who says what, 3 idiots was not based on wrongduck

such extra constitutional privileges and entitlements is why lulloo's daughter passed her MBBS degree with distinction in all subjects and wrongduck followed a similar well trodden path to academic embellishment

his "rise" reeks of BIF deep selection, careful grooming, international stature building, and finally the environmental activist halo on his devious and traitorous skull




cross post from Modi 3.0 thread...........................


Jewish Communist gives money to Christian Evangelists

Christian Evangelists give money to Buddhist Environmentalist

Buddhist Environmentalist colludes with Progressive Islamists

All of this to eradicate Fascist Sanatanis

Secularism #SonamWangchuk

[A_Gupta]

Also I think the moderator meant "A Gupta" and not "Amber G"..."A Gupta" is not a physicist as far as I know. The other participant seems to be the common factor in all these arguments. There are some disgruntled elements who do not make any contributions, their posts are usually targeted at disparaging someone or something.

1. If there is something the moderator wants to draw my attention to, my request is to do so via "Private messages".

2. I, A_Gupta, was a physicist, only a long, long time ago.

3. I am not aware of being in any real argument with anyone that I read. Is someone clapping with one hand?

4. With those I do read, I hope my opinions are taken as a friendly exchange of views. I know the written word can seem harsher than it would be if spoken in person. I may not always acknowledge posts, but they are always food for thought. I wish BRF had a "appreciate this post" button.

5. One of the values I see in BRF is as an aggregator of news of significance, the "many eyes" beating the solo person. IMO, as correct and complete information as is possible is the basics on which everything else is built. I hope I contribute to that.

[chetak]

Also I think the moderator meant "A Gupta" and not "Amber G"..."A Gupta" is not a physicist as far as I know. The other participant seems to be the common factor in all these arguments. There are some disgruntled elements who do not make any contributions, their posts are usually targeted at disparaging someone or something.

1. If there is something the moderator wants to draw my attention to, my request is to do so via "Private messages".

2. I, A_Gupta, was a physicist, only a long, long time ago.

3. I am not aware of being in any real argument with anyone that I read. Is someone clapping with one hand?

4. With those I do read, I hope my opinions are taken as a friendly exchange of views. I know the written word can seem harsher than it would be if spoken in person. I may not always acknowledge posts, but they are always food for thought. I wish BRF had a "appreciate this post" button.

5. One of the values I see in BRF is as an aggregator of news of significance, the "many eyes" beating the solo person. IMO, as correct and complete information as is possible is the basics on which everything else is built. I hope I contribute to that.

[Manish_P]

...
BTW, no matter who says what, 3 idiots was not based on wrongduck
....

I read that the BIF latched onto the sucess of that movie and attached it to him

(Disclaimer - Haven't seen the movie. Then again haven't seen any bollywood movie in decades)

[Vayutuvan]

No PhD is needed to understand what is going on here. Beware of the "takshaks" amongst the "rakshaks". Some of these posters should have been banned long ago.

I know only 5th grade science. Some are still on a crusade to ban posters here. Why not report posts of the posters who you wanna get banned?!!!

[gakakkad]

I think there should be less passion and emotional entanglement in American politics . I am a participant in American electoral democracy and have mainly voted gop so far . But I don't truly care for for either side . Both sides have screwed me in some way or other . My daily tax bill comes to 800bucks + . And that still doesn't guarantee they'll take care of me when I become old or infirm . No guarantees that free education to kids in school will be any good or safety while walking . Both sides have contributed to our misery . So I don't lose sleep in partisan politics or argue with anyone because there is no good guy here . Unlike Indian poltics where there is a clear good guy (rss/bjp) and bad guy (islamocongees and Marxists).

[Vayutuvan]

takshaka is a descendant of sri rama and penultimate king of ikshawaku dynasty. Takshaka's son was Brihadbala AKA srutayus who was killed by abhimanyu after he penetrated padmavyuha. That was the end of ikshwaku dynasty.

(OT but wanted to put it here. morals or lack thereof is irrelevant in international relations and/or geopolitics)

[ShauryaT]

[youtube]0IEdrj23kjU&t=1345s[/YouTube]

From Convergence to Confrontation: Trump’s India Gambit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IEdrj23kjU&t=1345s

[uddu]

https://x.com/KRANTII01/status/1972282718713946422

@KRANTII01
So much arrogance … #US wanna “Fix India”. We are no sticky notes which can be pinned or fixed anywhere.

Firstly, they need to fix their “attitude” and “view” towards the whole world.

Secondly, they need need lessons on “Economy, Tariffs etc”. At this rate, the university where they got their PHDs may disown them for their lack of basic understanding of subject.

Thirdly, they need a reality chk of state of the world. For this, they need to fully understand the sense, scope, depth and of the speeches delivered by
@DrSJaishankar
at UN, which are brilliantly articulated and easy to comprehend.

Fourthly, some nations need to learn how to deal with civilisational nations, where #respect and #reciprocity matter. Lack of this #sensitivity has potential to impact relations in long term, because this germinates #adverse opinions in population, which would be challenging to undo.

Fifthly, type of frenz and relationships often reflects the quality of a nation’s cerebral and moral fibre. Choosing #TerrorstatePakistan and #Bangladesh as new found #frenz over an evolved civilisational nation (ethically driven) to further #interests is reflective of the degraded #valuesystem. Further, when family business interests (even if indirect) influence and over ride #national interests, it’s #nation which suffers in the long term.

The present admin has a shelf life of 3 more yrs, but the damage being inflicted on #IndoUS relations are going to be long term. They could bear more challenging outcomes, many of which would emerge in times to come ( the scope, scale, velocity and spread of these outcomes would be difficult to determine at this stage).

Not sure if the forefathers of #US had dreamt of how US is shaping up today.
God Bless USA.

https://x.com/defencealerts/status/1972152049635938732
@defencealerts
'There are some countries we need to fix, like #India and #Brazil. These countries need to react correctly to America. They need to open their markets and stop taking actions that harm America,' says US Commerce Secretary Howard #Lutnick

[gakakkad]

^ nutlick also named Switzerland. But headlines only mention brown third world nashuns .

[ShauryaT]

Posting full Lutnick interview.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPbY-YQAIOA

[eklavya]

^^^^
There’s something quite unwholesome about the way he is perpetually in sales mode. It’s not convincing and it’s not statesmanlike. These guys are in the wrong jobs.

[gakakkad]

^ clearly.

w.r.t nutlick , wall street folks would know better than me the reputation of cantor Fitzgerald. The shadiness as to how Cantor wrote the entire company to nutlick who at that time was basically a glorified orderly for him leaving out his own family .

The reporter is very mashallah though

[Rudradev]

100%. And very mid-20th century sales mode too. Chump's formative years in NYC were probably spent surrounded by the company of people like him.

I wouldn't buy a vacuum cleaner from a guy like Nutlick, much less energy supplies or defence equipment.

[Rudradev]

People should watch the David Mamet play (it's also a movie) "Glengarry Glen Ross". It's about salesmen for a NY real estate scheme. Gives a solid impression about what types of people & culture dominate Trump's inner circle.

Of note, they complain bitterly (and with many racist slurs) about Indian customers wasting their time & not buying anything

[Cyrano]

For gloomers and doomers, some good words from Sridhar Vembu Ji (copied from Arattai)

Post by Sri Sridhar Vembu ji

"Educated Indian elite - I count myself in this - accepted what is known as the "Washington Consensus", with globalization driven by the World Economic Forum, Davos.

That era received a mortal blow during the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-9, died during the pandemic and today we perform the last rites.

Here is how I believe we should navigate this new era, treating this challenge as an opportunity.

1. Every tech we do not have is deep tech and I do not mean LLMs (alone) here and it includes advanced metallurgy, composite materials, DC motors, batteries, medical equipment, network equipment, drones, jet engines, robots, bioreactors and so on and on.

2. A 5-10 year sprint to catch up in every such "basic deep tech". In some areas, like GPUs or fighter jets, it may take 10-15 years, but we must put our heads down and do it. China has done it and it can be done. We have the raw human talent in abundance and we can train. This much I know.

3. We need a long term orientation. Venture capital with 7-8 year exit cycles cannot do it. It promotes a short termism that is at odds with what our nation needs right now. More broadly, quarterly earnings cycles are a poor match for the long term catch up investment we have to make. This essentially mandates that our big industrial houses must invest heavily in R&D, keeping in mind that catch-up R&D (in particular) is not expensive, it is time-intensive.

4. More broadly, we don't want our smartest talent going into high finance - we must realize we are borrowing what failed America. It is a colossal misallocation of resources. The mortal blow of the GFC I referred to was all due to "smartest talent going into finance" in America and ultimately that is what led to MAGA, once Occupy-Wall-Street failed with the left - it is a different matter that MAGA got coopted by Wall Street.

India cannot afford to be addicted to high finance, it would lead to societal ruin. We must view making money on money with the appropriate caution that our ancients taught us.

5. I will come back to talent, the most important point of all. There is a lot of raw young talent in rural Bharat that is waiting for the opportunity. Patient capital is about nurturing this talent, bring it on stream.

Once you discover what we have discovered, you will stop fighting about reservation and so on. My own R&D team reflects our society in a deep way and without any compulsion from the government. JEE, NEET, UPSC etc do not capture the essence of this talent pool. I do not care about any of those exams, I ignore all those "signals" and go with the evidence of our own eyes to discover and nurture talent.

6. Climate change. Have you noticed how quickly the silicon valley elite dumped climate change and got on board the "energy to the max" with AI? We need EI - Energy-efficient Intelligence. Climate change is also a life style issue and Bharat has to be the light to the world in showing how to live in harmony with mother nature while building a technologically advanced society. Bharat Mata is mother nature.

We have faced far worse adversity before and we will face this. If we seize this moment, we will come to see it as a blessing in the long term.

Bharat Mata ki Jai "

Couldn't have said it better.

[S_Madhukar]

People should watch the David Mamet play (it's also a movie) "Glengarry Glen Ross". It's about salesmen for a NY real estate scheme. Gives a solid impression about what types of people & culture dominate Trump's inner circle.

Of note, they complain bitterly (and with many racist slurs) about Indian customers wasting their time & not buying anything

You nailed it ! The snake oil salesman Al Pacino frustrated by a Ramadum Patel who would not bend even if Shiva or Vishnu himself came down on Earth to convince him...

[Tanaji]

Another day another tariff from the orange one:

100% tariffs on all movies not made in US and a promise of tariffs on furniture.

Clearly US is a land where all the serious problems have been solved.

[A_Gupta]

The significance on tariffs on movies is that it is the first tariff on what falls in the services trade sector. Everything else so far has been in the goods trade sector.

[vera_k]

The tariff on movies helps California. Puzzling to say the least why El Presidente is helping an opposition state.

[gakakkad]

^ I doubt those are major considerations when scouting got location. It's the opposite of what I voted for . He is turning out to be a fiscal Bernie and a social woodrow wilson.

[Vayutuvan]

^ I doubt those are major considerations when scouting got location.

LoTR, one of the most successful fantasy dual trilogy was made in NZ, right? Probably Trump is not looking at the shoot location(s) but financed by the US vs. financed by non-US.

[Vayutuvan]

The tariff on movies helps California. Puzzling to say the least why El Presidente is helping an opposition state.

Probably he wants LA vote for 2026 and 2028. So throwing them a few scraps, especially the unionized guilds of Hollywood/Florida.

[Tanaji]

What does 100% tariff mean on movies? 100% tax on profits? Box window receipts?

[Vayutuvan]

What does 100% tariff mean on movies? 100% tax on profits? Box window receipts?

on distribution rights?

[Rupesh]

Hollywood is mostly democrat and they make money worldwide. Trump is indirectly targetting Hollywood. He will be expecting other countries to apply retaliatory tarrifs on Hollywood movies.