"The amount we could export would not solve their egg shortage," says the head of the Finnish Poultry Association.

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.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2702·
    8 hours 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.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      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.

        • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
          71·
          8 hours ago

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

          • Astra@lemmy.mlEnglish
            5·
            3 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.worldEnglish
            23·
            7 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.

    • WolfmanEightySix@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      8 hours ago

      Unfortunately, things are that far gone Trump/USians in general will probably see an even slightly fair deal as them getting done over. Much the same as Brits and Brexit.