US Department Of Agriculture Lists Fictional Kingdom Of Wakanda As A Free-Trade Partner
The USA Department of Agriculture accidentally listed the fictional Kingdom of Wakanda as a free-trade partner.
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.
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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.
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In the Marvel universe, Wakanda is the fictional East African home country of superhero Black Panther in which USA-based Zimbabwean actor, Danai Gurira stars.
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.
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