EXCLUSIVE: The British Film Institute lobbied ministers to request that the UK’s film and TV business not be included in any trade deal signed with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The BFI sent the British Foreign Office a policy document in May 2025 outlining why including the screen industries in any trade agreement would cause “fundamental harm.”
The reason for the BFI’s somewhat counterintuitive message was because the film body fears that it would prevent the UK from “discriminating in favour” of British companies on tax breaks and subsidy schemes in the future.
The BFI also believes that
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