Trump blasts China’s soybean tactics as ‘economically hostile act’, threatens cooking oil retaliation

Published October 14, 2025 4:34pm ET



President Donald Trump ramped up trade tensions with China over its efforts to undercut U.S. farmers by purchasing soybeans from other nations just two weeks before he is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping overseas.

In a Truth Social post on Tuesday afternoon, the president lambasted China’s actions as “economically hostile.”

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