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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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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Every country should refuse to send eggs to the US.

The only way I would consider it would be if there was a US wide broadcast where the world leader that gives them some has a low-level staffer ask JD Vance if he is going to “say thank you even once”. Trump needs to then tell JD that he has to say thank you because “we don’t have the cards. With them, we start to have cards”.

If they won’t say that on television, put export tariffs on eggs to the US at 500%.

It has to be 500% because 3 times the current price of eggs in Canada is about what they are selling for in the US already.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 327 points 1 week ago (3 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.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The US is going to be begging for more than just eggs in a few months. California is one of their biggest agricultural states and they have no water; Trump had them empty their reservoirs in an idiotic attempt to fight the wildfires earlier this year. Plus, the whole country is dependent on Canadian potash to fertilize their crops.

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[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 156 points 1 week ago (15 children)

This is what happens when you burn all your bridges. I'm American myself and to be brutally honest, I hope most of the free world will continue to refuse requests to export to us.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago (11 children)

yeah, it sucks, I wish we had this cheap protein, but, like... americans need to suffer. they need to suffer, and they need to know it's their leader's fault.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The suffering is almost a guarantee, but I'm not holding my breath on anyone that doesn't already do so holding Trump accountable for shit.

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[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The US is no longer a member of the 'free world'. Traveling to US now is just as dangerous as travelling to China.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 150 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Okay, but you have to become the 20th province of Finland."

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I accept Finland's terms. Now that I'm a Finnish citizen, I would like to move to the country proper.

[–] Senseless@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

First you have to learn proper Finnish swearing. For that I suggest "My summer car" on steam. As proof you'll have to get all achievements.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 97 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 37 points 1 week 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!

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[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 week 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 46 points 1 week 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 20 points 1 week ago

Federated Chickens

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 61 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How about we introduce export tariffs on eggs instead.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (6 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.

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

it feels very weird to call them “egg producers”

Chicken pimps?

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 53 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago (9 children)

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

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

158% increase in egg interceptions

Thank you for the first real lol of the day.

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[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago
[–] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Did you say thanks ? No? Go lay your own...

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago
[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 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

[–] Noizth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 week ago

It would take a sacrifice from EU countries to help an "ally" whose leadership will then threaten them, put more tariffs and make unfair deals when is your turn to request help.

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[–] Dropper_Post@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

WW3 will be caused by shortage of eggs in US and they will invade every country and will take all eggs and hens. Mark my words

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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

trump is going to tariff finland now because "wahh"

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i am fully in support of them not selling us eggs.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago

Do not help this toxic nation! America is evil.

[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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