Summary
The Trump administration faces a dilemma as skyrocketing egg prices due to bird flu have forced Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to consider emergency imports.
With eggs now averaging $8 per dozen (up from $2.25 last fall), Trump may need to request imports from countries he’s recently antagonized—particularly Canada, the largest U.S. egg importer, which Trump has threatened with tariffs and annexation.
Other potential egg suppliers (Netherlands, UK, China) have also faced Trump’s recent hostility through tariffs or threats.
Meanwhile, Turkey plans to export 420 million eggs to the U.S., but this represents less than 5% of monthly U.S. production.
Canada has a lot more leverage than eggs.
The US is much better prepped to withstand the storm but he’s not going to be able to exacerbate America’s cost of living crisis indefinitely and it isn’t just tariffs on Canada that will be driving that.
If he puts tariffs in then it means less USD available globally, which will increase the value of the dollar to offset the cost imposed by the tariffs, would it not?
He then uses the funds to cut corporate taxes, which will decrease goods prices lowering the CPI basket.