What was Trump's stated reason for considering termination of cooking oil trade with China?

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Trump said he was retaliating against China for "purposefully not buying our Soybeans" and called it an "Economically Hostile Act." This framing treats trade as transactional—if China doesn't buy from us, we punish them by cutting their exports. But countries don't have obligations to buy specific products; they buy based on price, quality, and availability. China turned to Brazil because tariffs made US soybeans more expensive, not out of hostility.

What was Trump's stated reason for considering termination of cooking oil trade with China?

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