Film trade law probe urged.

By Evan Pondel, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 10--The Film and Television Action Committee has called on local and federal government to support an investigation of foreign film companies to determine whether they are violating existing trade laws.

In a recent move, the Studio City-based organization asked Burbank's City Council to endorse a petition that could initiate a U.S.-backed investigation of film subsidies in Canada. FTAC said they are attempting to curtail the hundreds of millions of dollars lost to runaway production by eventually filing a petition with the United States Trade Representative. Burbank …