🚨 T.R.U.M.P’S TRADE WAR BACKFIRES: Canada Rejects 175 Million U.S. Eggs – U.S. Farms in Total Chaos! 😱 Massive shipments turned back at border, sparking “unthinkable crisis” in Washington. USDA insider panics: “Our export plan destroyed!” Farms drowning in losses, prices crash, supply chain on brink as Canada switches to Europe. Expert: “U.S. no longer default supplier – all thanks to tariffs!” 👇 This sudden rejection has handed Canada unexpected leverage — and why the U.S. may struggle to claw it back is now unfolding below. 👇

Verdict: This specific claim is false and misleading.
There is no credible news evidence that Canada turned back 175 million U.S. egg shipments as a political retaliation in the ongoing U.S.–Canada trade tensions. Several social media posts have circulated this narrative, but they are not backed by reliable reporting or official statements. �
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🚫 What *has been shared on social media
Posts on Facebook and Instagram claimed massive egg shipments were returned at the border as a direct strike against U.S. farms due to Trump’s tariff policies. �
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A YouTube clip similarly dramatizes the idea of Canada rejecting U.S. eggs in retaliation. �
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👉 But crucially, independent fact-checkers and government data show Canada has never agreed to import anywhere near that number of U.S. eggs, nor officially rejected such shipments. �
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🐣 WHY THIS STORY SPREADS: Trade Tensions + Egg Market Disruption
While the viral “175 million eggs rejected” story isn’t real, it draws on real economic stress points:
📌 1. Canada’s Protectionist Egg System
Canada runs a supply management system for eggs, poultry, and dairy — with strict quotas and steep tariffs that limit how many eggs can be imported at low duty rates. Imports above these quotas face very high tariffs, effectively protecting domestic producers and reducing the incentive for large U.S. egg shipments. �
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Canadian import controls set a quota of roughly 21.37 million dozen eggs per year (about 256 million eggs) that can enter at lower duties. �
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Any imports beyond this face much higher duty rates, making huge shipments commercially unattractive. �
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So large shipments of U.S. eggs are not being “rejected” at random — they are constrained by policy and tariffs, not political retaliation.
📌 2. U.S. Egg Market Crisis Due to Avian Flu
In the United States, wild bird flu outbreaks decimated laying flocks, causing tens of millions of hen deaths and pushing egg prices far above normal levels — a disruption that predates the current trade war narrative. �
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Because of this shortage:
U.S. officials have sought egg imports from Europe and Turkey to help stabilize supply and prices. �
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Tariff policy ambiguities raised the risk that imported eggs could be hit by Trump administration tariffs, complicating plans to import to ease U.S. shortages. �
Global News
👉 This is the real economic chaos in the egg sector — but it’s due to disease and supply constraints, not Canada magically “rejecting” vast shipments en masse.
🇨🇦 CANADA’S ROLE: Restrictive Market, Not Political Boycott
Canada’s trade policy toward U.S. eggs is shaped by:
Quantitative import limits and tariff rate quotas, not wholesale rejection of shipments. �
Global Affairs Canada
A system designed to protect small farmers and manage prices domestically. �
RBC Wealth Management
That can look like Canada is blocking U.S. eggs — but it’s normal trade policy, not political retaliation or crisis leverage.
Canada has even moved to protect its supply management system in law (Bill C-202), making it harder for future trade deals to lower egg/dairy import barriers. �
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📊 REAL TRADE WAR IMPACTS ON U.S. AGRICULTURE
While the egg-rejection story doesn’t hold up, there are real consequences of tariff fights between Washington and Ottawa:
🔹 Retaliatory Tariffs
After the U.S. imposed 25 % tariffs on many Canadian goods in early 2025, Canada responded with its own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, affecting thousands of goods — though agricultural foodstuffs were only partially targeted. �
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🔹 Strained Supply Chains
Trade uncertainty has put pressure on key cross-border agricultural supply chains that took decades to build, including meat, vegetables, and processed foods. �
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🔹 Farm Industry Worries
Canadian agriculture groups have expressed concern about tariff impacts; U.S. industry councils have lobbied against tariff retaliation on sectors like pork to protect integrated markets. �
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🧠 FINAL TAKEAWAYS
✅ There is no verified news that Canada turned back 175 million U.S. eggs as a retaliatory strike. �
✅ Canada’s supply management system already limits U.S. egg exports through quotas and high tariffs. �
✅ U.S. egg sector disruption is real but driven primarily by avian flu and structural shortages, not Canadian rejection. �
✅ Trade war tensions are real, but the egg “crisis” narrative has been exaggerated in social posts.
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