'Don't tax Bluey': Australian ambassador takes aim at Trump film tariffs

US President Donald Trump's planned movie tariffs person been criticised by Australia's ambassador to Washington who told a gathering of business leaders he opposed a "tax connected Bluey".

Kevin Rudd cited nan world deed and ABC children's programme erstwhile he said astatine nan Milken Institute Global Conference successful Los Angeles, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

"I don't deliberation we want to spot a taxation connected Bluey," nan erstwhile premier curate said.

"What happens if we each fastener down our countries pinch competitive, punitive arrangements against each other's movies?

"Movies are nan measurement successful which we benignant of understand each different more. So I'd beryllium each for opening this up."

In what he said was a move to protect nan US movie and TV industry, Trump announced this week a scheme to enforce a 100 per cent tariff connected each movies produced overseas.

It's not astatine each clear really specified a tariff would beryllium imposed.

Films are intelligence property, not goods, truthful they correspond a benignant of work that is not presently taxable to tariffs.

Rudd besides bullied nan 10 per cent US tariffs placed past period connected nan Heard and McDonald Islands, an Australian outer territory disconnected nan seashore of Antarctica.

"If you've seen nan different awesome Australian movie, Happy Feet – you know, nan penguins – those penguins of ours person conscionable been tariffed down successful Heard and Macquarie [sic] Island successful Antarctica," he said.

"They're producing a sequel, it's called Unhappy Feet. There'll beryllium a march of penguins connected Washington."

The Milken Institute convention was attended by high-powered business figures, including billionaire and Trump state Elon Musk.

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