Wylie Times
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Ah yes, retconning. I can appreciate that. However, is doesn't negate the very reasonable explanation that the Monarch would at some point sell bits of the resource to finance other things. I'm not an economist, but I find the sort of economic isolation that would correspond to a nation being this hidden to be incompatible with advanced technology.
They must be shown as having some sort of trade relations even if they happen through a network of agents who do interface with the international community.
I'm also not a comic book reader (duh), but it is possible and highly likely that the actual movie may simplify the Wakandananian backstory for those of us who need it to be streamlined and ELI5.
The current back story for Wakanda IS the streamlined version.
And no they don't have trade relations with other nations. A key aspect of the nation is their strict isolationist and non intervention policy. Kevin Fegie even said at the beginning of Civil War T'Challa and T'Chaka decide it's time for Wakanda to become a part of the global community instead of keeping to themselves.
They said it was the last of what they had, meaning there was more in the world, they just didn't have any more
Howard Stark said that was all they had. In Age of Ultron Steve says "I thought your father said he got the last of it". Steve really thought his shield was all the vibranium that existed.