In any event, Germany has also blocked submarine sales to Taiwan, and it is doubtful it would change its stance now, observers say.
Ironically, in the early 1990s, the US Navy was actively interfering with US shipbuilders' attempt to build and export diesel subs, and Congress had to direct it to stop the practice. It was Richard Cheney, then Defense Secretary, who was in favor of the exports, and who told the navy leadership not to fight Congress on the issue, according to trade reports at the time.
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