An example of a failed unilateral use of export controls was the embargo of wheat destined to Russia as a political response to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.

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The statement is true. The US imposed a grain embargo on the Soviet Union in 1980 as a response to the invasion of Afghanistan. The embargo failed to change the Soviet behavior, but it harmed the US farmers and jeopardized the US-Soviet trade relations.

An Example of a Failed Unilateral Use of Export Controls