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U.S. Government Recognizes Wakanda as a Trade Partner (by Accident)
Newsarama ^ | 12.19.19 | By Chris Arrant, Editor

Posted on 12/19/2019 8:01:29 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

The United States' Department of Agriculture accidentally listed the the fictional Kingdom of Wakanda as a free-trade partner on an online resource...

The department's online tariff tracker listed Wakanda as among its free-trade partners, even listing the types of goods commonly traded (Ducks, donkeys, and dairy cows, were among those listed).

A spokesperson for the USDA said the fictional Marvel country was "added to the list by accident during a staff test"

"The Wakanda information should have been removed after testing and has now been taken down," USDA spokesperson Miek Illenberg said

(Excerpt) Read more at newsarama.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: forever; marvel; tchalla; wakanda
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1 posted on 12/19/2019 8:01:29 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“listing the types of goods commonly traded (Ducks, donkeys, and dairy cows...”

They’re still holding out on that vibranium, I see.


2 posted on 12/19/2019 8:03:12 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Sure, let’s let them run your health care


3 posted on 12/19/2019 8:03:51 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Boogieman

Red China already took control of the mines.


4 posted on 12/19/2019 8:04:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Was the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, there as well?


5 posted on 12/19/2019 8:05:52 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Are we still imposing tariffs on imported goods from Mordor?


6 posted on 12/19/2019 8:08:53 AM PST by cdcdawg (Cornpop was a bad dude!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Glad they’re moving out of DC, to Missouri?


7 posted on 12/19/2019 8:09:02 AM PST by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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What did the prince fom Zamunda have to say about it?


8 posted on 12/19/2019 8:09:12 AM PST by moovova
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I was visiting relatives in Chicago a few months ago and after watching the local nightly news and noticing the reporters and the stories, I said I felt like I died and went to Wakanda.


9 posted on 12/19/2019 8:09:31 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Did King T’Challa sign the agreement?


10 posted on 12/19/2019 8:09:57 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

How about Kekistan?


11 posted on 12/19/2019 8:11:23 AM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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"The Wakanda information should have been removed after testing and has now been taken down," USDA spokesperson Miek Illenberg said

"I think you are mistaken."


12 posted on 12/19/2019 8:11:37 AM PST by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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To: relee
Glad they’re moving out of DC, to Missouri?

This Marvel, not DC.

13 posted on 12/19/2019 8:11:45 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus.)
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LoL!


14 posted on 12/19/2019 8:13:58 AM PST by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: dfwgator

Elbonia?


15 posted on 12/19/2019 8:13:59 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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16 posted on 12/19/2019 8:15:38 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: wally_bert

The fictional backwards country in Dilbert.


17 posted on 12/19/2019 8:19:25 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Im guessing they’ve already received a lot of financial aid from us too ??


18 posted on 12/19/2019 8:20:33 AM PST by ßuddaßudd ((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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Lower Elbonia


19 posted on 12/19/2019 8:23:04 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Not only are they getting financial aid from us, 98% of it was laundered back to Hunter Biden and the Clinton Foundation.


20 posted on 12/19/2019 8:23:42 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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