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Finland has declined a U.S. request to export eggs amid a severe American shortage caused by bird flu.

The Finnish Poultry Association cited the lack of prior trade agreements and complex regulatory hurdles. Even if exports were possible, Finland’s limited egg production would not significantly impact the U.S. crisis.

Other European nations, including Sweden and Denmark, also face difficulties meeting U.S. demand, while Europe grapples with its own egg shortages.

The U.S. has turned to countries like Turkey and the Netherlands for supplies as bird flu remains a global issue.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 302 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Nobody should send us eggs. Nobody should give us anything, given the government we have now

Orangeboi wants transactional, so give him transactional. Hold the US state department over the barrel as long as you can. Hold our feet to the fire. Make the negotiations as torturous and hostile as possible. Squeeze us until you see blood. Get absolutely everything you can out of any “deal” you make with us - it’s the “art of the deal”, after all.

There are huge swaths of Americans and political leadership that now really need to find out, because they’ve been fucking around and ruining things for far too long.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 54 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 76 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 86 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

You give us 50% of your natural resources and we'll give you eggs (no guarantees on getting the eggs though).

[–] Astra@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 hours ago

Other countries should trade for our national parks - like a month's worth of eggs for Yellowstone - and then they can protect them from trump selling parks off to oligarchs and corporations. It would be a win/win situation: Americans (and the entire world) retain access to the parks, and foreign nations can collect the money those parks bring.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 30 points 12 hours ago

Our surveyors and geologist told us it will take 5 years to get any real production going so we'll send the eggs in 5 years.

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[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 24 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

This egg trade is insane, not a single euro country could help USA here simply because the us has a 340m+ population and that being said, it would take the entire eu support/ supply in order to meet the demand of the USA

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Don't know how it is in Europe, but here in Canada we have marketing boards to ensure that we're always producing more food supply than needed. Because it's kinda bad to have less food than needed, so we want to have a little bit of margin to ensure that doesn't happen. BTW this is why food is a contentious trade issue with the US, we don't want to be dependent on food production that has no safety margin.

Anyway, it's very possible countries are producing more than they need and could supply the US with the excess. It may not meet all of the demand in the US, but it would help bring down the price a bit. Yes the prices wouldn't be the same as it was before the Avian flu outbreaks, but it would be lower than it is now.

It's something that could happen if Trump didn't burn all the goodwill with all of the allies of the US. According to Trump "We don't need anything they have." So you will pay more for things, because Trump thinks you don't need them.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 50 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Seems strange to give eggs to a country who talks of just taking over countries left and right.

Maybe rotten eggs would be more suitable.

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 18 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

I'll provide eggs, if Musk-Trump steps down. Rinse/repeat as needed.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'll provide some eggs...As soon as Drumph gets within range !

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This particular US government can't be negotiated with. Just like with Russia, its always a mistake to even enter into conversation with them or to let their diplomats land at the airport. All that can be done is to not talk to them for the next 45 months.

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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 28 points 12 hours ago
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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 17 points 11 hours ago

Do not help this toxic nation! America is evil.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 55 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Egg prices aren’t high solely because of bird flu. They’re high because of regional monopolies and a price fixing cartel. The largest egg producers are seeing record profits.

I hope it’s clear that I’m not saying bird flu doesn’t exist or affect prices. I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. But if I had to guess, I’d say it’s 10% bird flu and 90% companies raising prices in unison because they can blame bird flu. If it were just bird flu, the companies would be losing money.

NB: it feels very weird to call them “egg producers” because hens are the actual egg producers. Egg distributors, maybe? In any case, the distributors are doing fine and their only competition in most regions are small, organic farms whose eggs were already $7 a dozen. It’s just the low end of the market that’s gone crazy.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I’d say it’s 10% bird flu and 90% companies raising prices in unison because they can blame bird flu.

Why yes, there was no consequences during covid so the companies are gonna keep doing this until there are consequences.

Remember, there was the bread price fixing in Canada too, yeah, feels like such a long time ago

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 28 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

it feels very weird to call them “egg producers”

Chicken pimps?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

I endorse this. From now on, chicken pimps is what egg suppliers are called.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 hours ago

This is important to bring up. If we want to stop being subjected to this kind of fuckery, we need to unite and vote with our dollars. I love making egg-based dishes, but there are other options. The real problem is most people struggle with the idea of making sacrifices to get what they want later. Just don't buy eggs as an average consumer if they are that unaffordable.

In the United States, we are spoiled for choice when we shop. We're used to being able to get what we want when we want it, and that's led to a sense of entitlement. Eat other things, get creative. Look up effective substitutions for eggs in baking.

We don't have to take this. So don't.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 57 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Every country should avoid doing business with Trump’s regime because he will screw you over either way.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Trump still owes my county from his 2016 campaign. He rented out the fairgrounds for a rally and never paid up.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Your county officials made an unofficial donation to the trump campaign in 2016, is what actually happened.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Effectively, yeah. I'm still gonna complain tho, haha

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 50 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 32 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

158% increase in egg interceptions

Thank you for the first real lol of the day.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] ExtremeDullard 91 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm sure the Finns aren't exactly keen to take a price hike on eggs to meet a hostile country's needs.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 36 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The Finnish Poultry Association cited the lack of prior trade agreements and complex regulatory hurdles.

Such an understated way of saying: you started a trade war, now go fsck yourself!

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago

The US has a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada and it still means shit to him

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 66 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

If only there were regulations that kept these diseases at bay. Certainly our corporate farms will always spend the money and effort to prevent things themselves though.

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 44 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Not sure if it's true but I read some place that because America has fewer and much larger farms it affects more birds on a farm. In Canada we have smaller (compared to us) size farms and more of them. Meaning a farm losing all its birds does not hit us as hard.

Distributed Birding. 🐔

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 18 points 12 hours ago

Federated Chickens

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 9 points 12 hours ago

Maybe you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.

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[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 10 hours ago

Did they even say thanks just once?

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The part that kills me about all this is that there is a bird flu vaccine, but US poultry farmers aren't allowed to use it because then we couldn't export eggs to other countries. There was a really good CBS Sunday Morning segment about this.

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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I bet Finland feels Oeufal

[–] Astra@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

On the contrary, I bet they feel eggcellent

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Good for Finland.

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