Trump's Policy Response, China Will Restrict Screening Of Film Imports From US

Poster A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros)

JAKARTA - China Film Administration confirmed their plans to limit film imports from the United States to be shown in China. This policy came after Trump raised import rates to China.

United States President Donald Trump announced an increase in import rates to China by 125% related to imports of trade goods.

"Salah action by the US government in abusing tariffs to China will reduce the interest of domestic audiences in American films," the Chinese Film Administration said on Thursday, April 10.

"We will follow market rules, respect audience choices, and moderately reduce imports of American films," he said.

This has the potential to reduce Hollywood's profits to China as the second-largest market for box office. Launching Bloomberg, this news was also announced by Liu Hong of Xinhuannet.

He shared an article stating that this situation has the potential to reduce and even prohibit imports of American films from being shown in China.

It is known that the Chinese government is very in control regarding film distribution in China because foreign films are only allowed to air through two state-owned companies. The profit-sharing system is enforced by dividing the proceeds from the sale of studio tickets and companies.

China is one of the crucial factors in the successful screening of Hollywood films such as Avengers: Endgame, Avatar: The Way of Water, Furious 7, and others.

This week, Warner Bros.'s latest film, A Minecraft Movie, competed with the film Ne Zha 2 which aired for 10 weeks. However, Trump's latest policy has the potential to prevent the film from obtaining box office titles in China.