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 U.S. Department of Agriculture removed Wakanda from its list of free trade partners after reports revealed the inclusion of the fictional kingdom. pic.twitter.com/VoxYuPsAzt
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December 19, 2019
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.
While we removed the Kingdom of Wakanda from our list of US free trade partners, our relationship will always be strong #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/wiRSCIdfGh
— Dept. of Agriculture (@USDA) December 19, 2019
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.
Source: BBC
