President Donald Trump threatened to escalate the trade war with China in a post online Tuesday, noting that his administration may end business with the country for cooking oil.

“I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution,” he continued.

Trump said the United States can “easily” produce cooking oil domestically and there is no need to purchase it from China.

In 2024 alone, China imported nearly $12.8 billion worth of U.S. soybeans, CNBC reported .

But now, as China protests Trump’s trade war, the country has not purchased U.S. soybe

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