China bans Hollywood movies as Europe caves to Trump on tariffs: Live updates

By KATELYN CARALLE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 07:50 EDT, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 09:43 EDT, 10 April 2025

China said on Thursday it would immediately restrict imports of Hollywood films in retaliation for President Donald Trump‘s escalation of U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese goods.

After three decades during which China annually imported 10 Hollywood movies, its National Film Administration said Trump’s increase of tariffs on Chinese imports would further sour domestic demand for U.S. cinema releases.

Meanwhile, the Europe will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said: ‘We want to give negotiations a chance.’

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China bans Hollywood in tariff war escalation

China said on Thursday it would immediately restrict imports of Hollywood films in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s escalation of U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese goods.

After three decades during which China annually imported 10 Hollywood movies, its National Film Administration said Trump’s increase of tariffs on Chinese imports would further sour domestic demand for U.S. cinema in China after years of decline.

The NFA said on its website:

We will follow market rules, respect the audience’s choices, and moderately reduce the number of American films imported,” the NFA said on its website.

Chris Fenton, author of ‘Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, and American Business,’ said the move was a ‘super high-profile way to make a statement of retaliation with almost zero downside for China.’

Hollywood films account for only 5 percent of the overall box office receipts in China’s market. And worse for Hollywood, China taxes that small amount 50 percent before any revenues go back to the USA,’ Fenton told Reuters.

Hollywood studios receive only 25 percent of China’s box office whereas other markets give studios double that, he said.

Paperwork being prepared to end federal funding to sanctuary cities and states, Trump says

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Thursday morning that he is working on paperwork to pull federal funding from sanctuary cities and states.

‘No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims.’

‘They are disgracing our Country, and are being mocked all over the World. Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!’

Trump has vowed to crack down on the sanctuaries, which purposefully do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities, on the campaign trail.

President Trump urges Republicans to advance his ‘big, beautiful’ MAGA agenda

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

As House and Senate Republicans have tussled over the level of spending cuts to include in a bill to advance Trump’s agenda the president is urging the deal is almost done.

‘Great News! ‘The Big, Beautiful Bill’ is coming along really well,’ the president said in an early morning Truth Social post.

‘Republicans are working together nicely. Biggest Tax Cuts in USA History!!! Getting close,’ he said.

Speaker Mike Johnson has been trying to get some GOP malcontents on board with the major measure. Though some planned to vote no, Trump contacted many lawmakers by phone to convince them to forward his agenda.

The vote on a framework to advance the major package, which will include tax cuts, will occur later this morning.

Inside Trump’s whirlwind decision to pause tariffs

After days of a tanking stock market, criticism from prominent bankers, and warnings of a recession, President Donald Trump sat down with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Oval Office on Wednesday morning to plot a way out.

The result: a 90-day pause on his reciprocal tariffs.

Trump’s decision on the pause – characterized by many as an about-face – came as such as shock many in the White House didn’t know about it.

The press staff, the officials authorized to speak for the president, learned about it when a dozen reporters ran into to ask about the president’s Truth Social post, wanting to clarify some of the details.

Confusion was visible on their faces.

Florida now charges Ryan Routh with attempted assassination of Trump

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced he is charing Ryan Wesley Routh with the attempted assination of President Donald Trump.

It comes after the 58-year-old was already handed federal charges related to the incident in September at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.

Routh allegedly attempted to take out Trump after just two months prior the 2024 candidate was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The European Union caves to Trump on tariffs

The European Union announced Thursday they would pause their retaliatory tariffs on the United States after President Donald Trump suspended some of his highest tariffs for 90 days.

‘We want to give negotiations a chance… if negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will kick in,’ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

She said that the EU would continue to negotiate with President Trump, and indicated her support for a zero tariff agreement between both the EU and the United States.

‘Tariffs are taxes that only hurt businesses and consumers. That’s why I’ve consistently advocated for a zero-for-zero tariff agreement between the European Union and the United States,’ she said.

China threatens tariff ‘tsunami’

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China bans Hollywood movies as Europe caves to Trump on tariffs: Live updates