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Finland turns down US request for eggs. (yle.fi)
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"The amount we could export would not solve their egg shortage," says the head of the Finnish Poultry Association.

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[-] TripleIris@lemmy.wtf 16 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The most infuriating thing is that Trump gets to take a victory lap no matter what.

If a country gives us eggs, he gets to pretend to be a hero by saying he strong armed them into "surrendering." Then he'll say they're inferior eggs and encourage his cult not to buy them anyway.

If they a country doesn't, he gets to call them evil and will use that as justification for slapping massive tariffs on them. Then he'll say American eggs are the best and that he always supported American farmers. He'll probably say something like "they tried to smuggle their eggs into our market but I stopped them!"

[-] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 5 points 6 hours ago

The most frustrating part is that my grocery store has so many eggs. The shelves aren’t empty. In fact, there are cartons on the shelves which are weeks old at this point. And that means supply is outpacing demand at the current prices. People are seeing the increased prices, and simply using less eggs. Which means prices could feasibly drop while we continue to have eggs on the shelves.

This price increase is just more greedflation. Studies have shown that the bird flu issue should have only increased the price by 12-15%, but here we are with increases in the high triple digits. Why sell ten cartons of eggs at $1 each, when you could simply sell two cartons at $6 each and make more money than if you had sold ten cartons?

[-] Dashi@lemmy.world 55 points 13 hours ago

Be an ass on the international scene. Show you are untrustworthy and do everything you can to not pay a bill. Just be generally unreliable as a trade partner.

Get turned down when you ask internationally for help.

shocked Pikachu

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 points 12 hours ago

That's not why they got turned down though as is explained in the article.

[-] Dashi@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, because they "didn't have enough to make any appreciable difference." I say similar things to people I don't want to help but I don't want to upset them. Sorry I don't have time to do that, having one more person wouldn't make that big off a difference etc.

You may very well be right. And that exact reason is the only reason they didn't send eggs. But I'm guessing their are more than that singular reason.

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 points 10 hours ago

exporting eggs does not seem to be possible at the moment because no market access negotiations have been held with US authorities. This can be a drawn-out process involving extensive inspections and studies.

"Launching exports is not a simple matter since there are no agreed rules in place," said Lehtilä.

[-] Dashi@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Again, those seem to just be excuses to my untrained political eye. As someone that fairly regularly deals with red tape, if the powers that be want to cut through the red tape they can and will.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago

Finland is on the EU, and the US and EU have had trade agreements in place for decades. They just don't want to do it, but since Finland is a small country in a precarious geopolitical situation, they can't just tell the US to pound sand.

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 87 points 15 hours ago

Europe should just send Kinder Eggs, with the toys, just to fuck with them.

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Now you're talking

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 30 points 14 hours ago

As Americans are apparently too stupid to be entrusted with Kinder eggs, that might solve some problems.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 35 points 15 hours ago

European Diplomats should send real eggs, personally and ballistically, direct to the White House. I think that would send the proper message.

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

Here's your eggs, motherfuckers

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

Now now let's not waste food.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

We can use @ryper@lemmy.ca 's suggestion and ballistically "send" eggs that are already rotten....

[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 hours ago

Send real eggs, but "forget" about the travel time so they arrive rotten.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The US doesnt have a real egg shortage btw. There is also no impact that is larger than in previous years from the bird flu. The egg monopolists are just making/buying fewer egg laying hens and producing fewer eggs to drive the prices and profit margins up.

This entire "egg shortage" could be solved in a matter of weeks if Trump ordered the companies to do so.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 11 points 9 hours ago

Yup. Egg production is down ~2% from last year. Prices have doubled.

Egg monopolists are just saying "Fuck you, Pay me" and price gouging. Most of this country's problems stem from not breaking up big business.

[-] dzsimbo@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

Or eggs do cost that much to produce in the US. Pinning this problem on Big Egg seems like the easiest solution, but I have an inkling this stuff goes deeper.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Lol, "your inkling" aside, the fact is that there is no actual egg shortage. Your theory requires that eggs somehow became twice as expensive to produce in the US this past year. However, the price of eggs paid to producers has not gone up.

Sure, "corporate greed" is my assumption, but only because it's behind nearly every problem facing this country.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 63 points 15 hours ago

US authorities have turned to Europe for help

Good luck with that.

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

He slapped Europe with additional tariffs and now wants their help? Weird. Orange. Vibing without eggs.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

Good. Fuck trump.

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 9 points 13 hours ago

For the people not reading the article: this is due to practical, not political reasons.

[-] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Tomato, Tomahto.

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