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Finland turns down US request for eggs (yle.fi)
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Summary

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 1 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who has the cards?

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Did they even say thanks just once?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 0 points 2 weeks 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 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 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 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 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 1 points 2 weeks ago

Federated Chickens

[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 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 1 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do the birds die of it, or just a hysteria about people getting something?

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Chickens die from it, I think it's like 85%+ fatal to them so the factory farms will just mass kill all of them.

[–] Mad__vegan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It has a extremely high fatality rate (75-100% in chickens 55% in the few humans who have caught it) so to keep it from spreading they will kill an entire flock if one tests positive. Takes years to rebuild some of these massive flocks mega farms have culled. Awesome egg alternative is just egg. Try it and never go back to cruelty!

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where's your chicken suit?

[–] debil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Bird flu is the nature's way of saying how cruel and fucked up the system is and how it should be abolished. Humans don't need eggs for anything.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, use chickpea water instead folks!

Be kind to the chickens.

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 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.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Chickens are cheap to house and feed, more people should become familiar with where their food comes from and get a handful.

[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The feed costs like 100 times more than you would spend on equivalent eggs.

And also they don’t lay eggs in winter. So you’re gonna be slaughtering them too.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I used to raise chickens for eggs. They lay eggs in winter if you have a proper coop. In the summer we had a coop that could be moved. It had wheels and we would move it to a different spot every few days allowing the chicken to forage bugs. It really helped out the yard as well. I would still be doing that if I lived in a place where I could.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sure. But the American empire will not just slowly die. As their people lose their "toys" that distract them they will need someone to blame it on that isn't the US government.

This will at some point be other western nations along with their current scapegoat of immigrants and Palestine supporters. The American empire will use its military power long before it just lets it's empire die. Its playing cards to see which nations it can blame first and which western allies will decide to align with them rather than face their military.

I agree with all the anti American boycotts. I do. But I don't think people realize exactly where that is heading on a world stage.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I suspect more people than you think realise this is a potential outcome.

Assuming it boils over before there is another election (also assuming that's a thing that happens), military action is 100% a playable card.

It's a toddler with a nuclear tantrum button.

It's honestly not that much different in type than most nuclear powered nations.

The difference is "absolute last resort, and only maybe then" vs "they won't let me annex Greenland and are being mean to me"

Hyperbolic ofc, but illustrative.

What are the reasonable good alternatives though?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Has anyone offered to sell us eggs at exorbitant prices? Cuz that would be funny as hell.

[–] Darkmoon_UK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Come on now, that's not how you spell eggsorbitant

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

trump is going to tariff finland now because "wahh"

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

This mental image popped into my head, after reading your comment. Now you get to enjoy it too, wAaHhh!

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org -1 points 2 weeks ago

I respect this, as an American. We should be focusing on buying American goods. And sometimes that means there are going to be shortages and limits on natural resources. But I'm not upset by it either. I'd prefer to buy local or buy American in general, and trust that it's all been done by employers who use E-Verify (so that all employees are legal and being paid a legal wage), where our labor laws are enforced.

I wouldn't be willing to buy imported eggs. I'm barely willing to buy imported produce, and seek to avoid it when possible.