London, May 8 -- The UK government has begun active discussions with the US administration on the issue of planned US tariffs on foreign films amid gloomy predictions from industry representatives about the consequences of these measures, UK Deputy Minister of Culture, Media and Sport Chris Bryant said.
On Monday, Philippa Childs, the head of the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (Bectu), said that US tariffs on foreign films could deliver a "knockout blow" to the UK film industry.
"I can tell the House that we are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative ...