

Part of BRICS is about bypassing use of the U.S. dollar. And with the U.S. dollar faltering right now it’s the best time to shove it back at us and let the U.S. make mistakes with trade partners. Also Brasil didn’t do anything to the U.S. to get these threats. Also I believe Brasil made a recipretory law for just this purpose within the last year. So the Trump administration knew they would receive tarrifs back.
I’ll have to check local grocery stores, maps showed my closest Korean Grocery store was 59 miles away, haha. I’m sure Kroger or Aldi should have something. I’ve just always bought 5-10lb bags of rice so I never thought about it being quicker some other way. Although when I moved in 2016 I left my rice cooker for a friend, and I never replaced it for some reason, miss that thing