Trump mulls ending some commerce ties with China, together with in relation to cooking oil

U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) Washington was contemplating terminating some commerce ties with China, together with in relation to cooking oil.

“I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution,” Mr. Trump wrote on social media.

“As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.”

China has sharply lowered U.S. soybean purchases, which Mr. Trump has known as a negotiation tactic. Mr. Trump mentioned this month he hopes to debate soybeans along with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping whereas additionally warning the U.S. could halt a big share of imports from China.

China is the world’s largest purchaser of soybeans, and in current months has sharply lowered purchases of U.S. soy in favour of sourcing from Brazil and Argentina amid tariff and commerce disputes.

Mr. Trump has focused China with a cascade of tariff orders on billions of {dollars} of imported items that he says is geared toward narrowing a large commerce deficit, bringing again misplaced manufacturing and crippling the fentanyl commerce.

Washington and Beijing have had strained ties for years, particularly with Mr. Trump in workplace. They have been at odds over points like commerce tariffs, know-how, human rights, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical issues reminiscent of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Ukraine.