Keir Starmer has been warned that he needs to prioritise saving the UK’s billion pound film industry from Donald Trump’s latest plans for tariffs which could be “a knock out blow” for one of the country’s major success stories.
The prime minister is already under pressure from the US to accept lowering food standards to allow chlorinated chicken as well as repeal hate laws in the name of free speech over getting a deal.
But with blockbusters including the recent Disney Snow White live action movie, the Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter and James Bond franchises, as well as streaming success stories such as Game of Thrones filmed in the UK, the 100 per cent tariffs threatened by Trump could serious harm the industry.
Dame Caroline, a former Tory minister for the film industry, said: “Last month the Culture, Media and Sport Committee warned against complacency on our status as the Hollywood of Europe. President Trump’s announcement has made that warning all too real.
