“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. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we dont need to purchase it from China.” @realDonaldTrump
Fact-Check Summary The post correctly states that China has stopped soy purchasing from the US and that this is harming American soybean farmers. It is true that the US considered restricting cooking oil trade with China, with most of that trade being used cooking oil for renewable fuels, not food-grade oil. However, framing China’s action […]