Your "but then" is off-base. This is selling steel for the express purpose of nuclear reactors, with a contractual clause against its use in tanks, and the US government deciding that it doesn't feel like abiding by the rules in the contract.

> If I sold steel to the Pentagon but then tried to say they they couldn't use it for ships and tanks but they are free to use for warehouses they would react the same way as they are doing now.

They sure as hell shouldn't! Selling steel for any use except ships and tanks is a little odd but it's not a risk.

(I'm ignoring the "but then" because this was about future sales not previous ones.)

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