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Trump Threatens to Cut Cooking Oil, Other Trade With China Over Soybean Purchases

Trump suggested that the United States could ‘easily produce’ cooking oil domestically, and that it didn’t need to import the product from China.
Trump Threatens to Cut Cooking Oil, Other Trade With China Over Soybean Purchases
Chinese workers place bottles of cooking oil at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, in this file photo. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Jacob Burg
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President Donald Trump said on Oct. 14 that he is considering ending cooking oil and other goods trade with China as “retribution” for Beijing’s refusal to buy American soybeans during the two nations’ trade war.

“I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act,” Trump wrote on social media.
Jacob Burg
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Jacob Burg reports on national politics, aerospace, and aviation for The Epoch Times. He previously covered sports, regional politics, and breaking news for the Sarasota Herald Tribune.