The US president said on Sunday he was authorising the commerce department to start the process to impose the levy because America's film industry was dying "a very fast death". What impact might Trump's Hollywood tariffs plan have? Other countries may respond by placing tariffs on American films, he told the BBC, making it "harder for these films to make profits overseas". In April, China said it was reducing its quota of American films allowed into the country. "We will follow the market rules, respect the audience's choice, and moderately reduce the number of American films imported."