Trump vows to meet Hollywood on tariff plan


US President Donald Trump and Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, right, in the Oval Office of the White House. — Bloomberg

NEW YORK: President Donald Trump says he will meet with Hollywood executives after confounding the US film industry over his plan to impose a 100% tariff on movies made overseas.

“So we’re going to meet with the industry,” Trump said on Monday. “I want to make sure they’re happy with it, because we’re all about jobs.”

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