alt Hacker News>Ironically, the Trump admin proposed a tariff that would help bring VFX back to the US [1]
Why ironically? Tarifs to protect some US Industries were part of his campaign promises. We're people living under a rock till now?
With the rest of your comment I agree 100%. Replacement of expensive US jobs will continue tarifs or not.
It's the downside of being the world reserve currency. Labor is too expensive to be globally competitive outside mega specialized and highly profitable niches like big tech and AI or protected industries like defense.
> Why ironically
Because it's an industry with an avaowed opposition to Trump and it's members are not in his voting bloc. A major reason the policy has been pushed was because of the Teamsters (which the Motion Pictures Union is a part of) lobbied the Trump admin due to Sean O'Brien's close ties to Trump.