Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub
2025-10-15 14:54:25 source：CNBC
October 14, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration is considering "terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil" in retaliation for Beijing refusing to buy U.S. soybeans.
China is committing an "Economically Hostile Act" by "purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
Ending business with China on cooking oil and "other elements of Trade" are possible forms of "retribution" that Trump said he was weighing.
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