Could Trump’s film tariffs bode well for New Mexico?
6 May 2025
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For Tim Pipher, opening a film studio in New Mexico was a no-brainer. Now, with President Trump’s proposed tariffs on films made outside the United States, that could mean more advantages for filming in the state.
But “it could really go either way,” said Pipher, owner of ABQ Castle Studios.
The president is authorizing the U.S. Department of Commerce to begin the process of instituting a 100% tariff on films produced outside of the U.S., he said in a May 4 post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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