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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner
The US Department of Agriculture listed Wakanda as a free-trade partner - despite it being a fictional country.
A USDA spokesperson said the Kingdom of Wakanda was added to the list by accident during a staff test.
The department's online tariff tracker hosted a detailed list of goods the two nations apparently traded, including ducks, donkeys and dairy cows.
In the Marvel universe, Wakanda is the fictional East African home country of superhero Black Panther.
The fictional country was removed soon from the list after US media first queried it, prompting jokes that the countries had started a trade war.
Wakanda first appeared in the Fantastic Four comic in 1966, and made a reappearance when Black Panther was adapted into an Oscar-winning film last year.
The unusual listing was spotted by Francis Tseng, a New York-based software engineer who was looking up agricultural tariffs for a fellowship he was applying for.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50849559
A USDA spokesperson said the Kingdom of Wakanda was added to the list by accident during a staff test.
The department's online tariff tracker hosted a detailed list of goods the two nations apparently traded, including ducks, donkeys and dairy cows.
In the Marvel universe, Wakanda is the fictional East African home country of superhero Black Panther.
The fictional country was removed soon from the list after US media first queried it, prompting jokes that the countries had started a trade war.
Wakanda first appeared in the Fantastic Four comic in 1966, and made a reappearance when Black Panther was adapted into an Oscar-winning film last year.
The unusual listing was spotted by Francis Tseng, a New York-based software engineer who was looking up agricultural tariffs for a fellowship he was applying for.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50849559
Man, where are we supposed to get vibranium now?
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US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (Original Post)
Initech
Dec 2019
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2naSalit
(86,775 posts)1. Now we'll have to
wait until space force can bring it back from another planet.
Initech
(100,101 posts)4. Nah, Space Force is toi busy trying to find unobtanium.
atreides1
(16,093 posts)2. Keep an eye out for Latveria
The home of Victor von Doom!!!
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)9. I'd vote for Doom over Trump if he was eligible...
...one million times smarter. He's even better-looking...
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,675 posts)3. How much $$$ in aid do we give them ?????
Wonder if Trumpie is using this fictional place to launder some dirty money ?
marble falls
(57,204 posts)5. Don't worry, we can get all we'll ever need from ...
Ubekibekbekibekistanstan
Initech
(100,101 posts)6. Ha!!!!!
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)7. Im moving to Wakanda. Bye friends!
Peace out.
Initech
(100,101 posts)8. Wakanda forever!!!