President Trump urged Congress to pass bipartisan federal tax incentives to revive US film and television production, saying domestic production has shifted to Canada and other countries and US jobs have dwindled. He said industry proponents are pushing a federal production tax incentive that they estimate could generate more than 10x returns to the Treasury via increased tax receipts. Trump said he is arranging meetings with congressional leaders and called for immediate bipartisan legislation

President Trump urged Congress to pass bipartisan federal tax incentives to revive US film and television production, saying domestic production has shifted to Canada and other countries and US jobs have dwindled. He said industry proponents are pushing a federal production tax incentive that they estimate could generate more than 10x returns to the Treasury via increased tax receipts. Trump said he is arranging meetings with congressional leaders and called for immediate bipartisan legislation to restore entertainment-industry jobs, citing economic losses in California and other blue states.