USA asks Denmark for help in the egg crisis | Sweden Herald
American authorities have turned to the industry association Danish Eggs and asked about the possibility of exporting eggs to the USA, reports Danish TV2 with reference to the industry magazine Fødevarewatch. The egg shortage in the USA is due to bird flu. Over 40 million animals were put down last year and prices have been driven up, which has created a political debate. Among other things, President Donald Trump blamed egg prices on former President Joe Biden in his speech to Congress. Whether Denmark will export eggs is unclear. A number of export requirements stand in the way at present, according to Danish Eggs.
From another comment below:
From the Danish media: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2025-03-14-usa-beder-danmark-om-hjaelp
There are a few additional points
Multiple European countries have gotten similar requests, not just Denmark
American egg policy requires washing the eggs while European policy prohibits this, making it highly inconvenient.
They would want assurance that America won't suddenly put tariffs on the eggs.
If america were to pay upwards of 1€ per egg, maybe they'd have a deal.
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Denmark better fucking not.
I'm in the US. Put the fucking pressure on us. Buy literally anything else but American products. Our conservatives need to learn exactly how bad "America First" is, and you can't do that when you sell out.
NO THERE WILL BE NO LEVERAGE GAINED. YOU DONT KNOW HOW TRUMP OPPERATES. They will not honor ANY agreements or deal. LET US STARVE.
as an american, we're dying right now. don't gamble this long term shit. we need immediate consequences to fascism. you undermine the sane with these gambits
It is deeper than supply chains, and unlikely to get under control. It is the core management philosophy that is at fault.
The reason they are asking Denmark is that Canada, and likely Mexico, wanted a deal on it, Trump wants it for free.
The problem is farm size. In Canada, egg farms will be in the range of 30k-100k birds. In the US, the farms are in the millions of birds. Canada does not have the issue the US has because smaller farms are more localized and have stricter regulations.
Sorry but Trump said recently that Europe has been created to piss off the USA. Since he knows better and since they consider it’s ok to have millions of chickens shitting on each other in their industries, we should let that great president handle that crisis himself. And keep our stock of eggs so that the price do not increase here. He can ask his friend Putin for cheap eggs.
"Give me eggs and Grønland please"
The audacity
First Greenland. Now the eggs. Shameless 🤭
Greenland, eggs, then ham.
💎
*RedWhiteAndBlueLand
Egg and Ham Land
Denmark? The same Denmark they are threatening over Greenland? That Denmark?
I get they are asking all of Europe (also the same Europe they are threatening a trade war with) but this is just full on clown car.
sure €10 or $100 per egg.
Or... (and this is always an option) Go fuck yourself.
I felt that.
i'ld happily send some (like 8 or so) eggs to the us, but...
businesscalendar days (not congress days) from now, later arrival results in 25% fee per day over that time, fee will be cut off from each egg separately before packaging. good luck with european banking standards on a weekendUPDATE: fixed business days to calendar days (thanks @psud)
Fix business days to calendar days and it'll be about good
Note that the US will consider the eggs only as payment for not having annexed Greenland in the past, and in no way as guarantee against future annexation.
I guess America doesn’t have the cards when it comes to eggs.
I mean did they even say thank you when they asked?
Go to russia for your eggs and leave Denmark alone.
Don't be a traitor Denmark...
From the Danish media: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2025-03-14-usa-beder-danmark-om-hjaelp
There are a few additional points
Multiple European countries have gotten similar requests, not just Denmark
American egg policy requires washing the eggs while European policy prohibits this, making it highly inconvenient.
They would want assurance that America won't suddenly put tariffs on the eggs.
If america were to pay upwards of 1€ per egg, maybe they'd have a deal.
Thank ou, added to the OP
What about export tariffs? 500% or some similar decent percentage?
Dear united states of fucking-over-your-allies and siding-with-the-baddies,
Get fucked.
Sincerely.
Egg Crisis is the name of my prog-rock band.
They’ve asked us in Norway as well, and we said lol no
Based
No eat your own eggs. You don't deserve European eggs.
Panama made an exhaustive list of acts of submission to Trump, including selling Panama Canal and deported migrant prisons, Trump's response was to order Pentagon to make invasion plans for Panama.
As an American, I’m here to warn you that this orange hemorrhoid will go back on any and everything he says and you should not, under any circumstance, believe or trust him. He will take the first opportunity to back out or screw you over. Don’t do it. Remember, him and president musk believ that Americans are willing to tolerate a little pain. Make them reap their own whirlwind and suffer the consequences. Fuck them. Sincerely. And twice on their holy day.
How long does freight take against the shelf life of an eggywegg?
I know these won't be bleached so they'll last a little longer than US eggyweggs.
Ok, thanks for the explanation.
Good point about dehydrating them, didn't even think of that
If you refrigerate unwashed European eggs, they will last multiple months (I have kept eggs for more then 2 months), way past the expiration date on the packaging (I know because I do it constantly).
Do you do the water test? Or just crack it open and hope for the best??
I do the same as @[email protected] and never have i ever had a rotten egg or anything close to it. I always refrigerate my eggs and they last for a really long time. Even though we don't wash eggs in Denmark like in crazy US we still refrigerate them her. I think it's just easy to do for our food supply chain here and helps keep the eggs fresh.
If you think about it, in nature a hen would naturally be laying eggs over the course of a month (wild hens don't lay eggs every single day) so an egg must be able to survive for minimum a month in outdoor temperatures and stay healthy untill there are enough eggs for the hen to start laying on them and incubate them. A month or 3 in a fridge should be no problem for an egg. Unles of course you wash it and ruin the natural protection layer....
When boiled, instant water test. Other types, when I'm not particularly confident, I just crack open to a bowl.
I'm used to this because I grew up with eggs from hens of friends and family so we never knew when they were laid or how long they were in the hen house... Anyway, with store bought eggs, never had a problem, even after months (only 1 bad batch that came from the supermarket).
@Blaze "If you give us your eggs, we're gonna give you A GREAT DEAL in the exploitation of Greenland's natural resources. You're lucky you're negotiating with President Trump, the BEST DEAL MAKER EVER."
The washing egg thing would be pointless due to European chickens being vaccinated
How do you say 'Get fucked' in Danish?
Oh we have many to choose from.
We should adopt that one in English, we don't have enough good curses
"Denmark made clear that they absolutely have eggs", said a news person in German. Which is absolutely funny, because eggs and balls is the same word here.
"Dänemark hat klar gemacht, dass sie durchaus Eier haben."
I'll still buy US eggs, even if there's imports. The market will balance itself out when we can raise chickens again.
Yes, let's expose as many people as possible to bird flu.