Bloomberg BusinessWeek, February 6, 2017 (II)

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(4) Joe Deaux, Will Trump Crush China over Aluminum?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... china-over-aluminum

three consecutive paragraphs:

"Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping haven’t had a chance to size each other up in the same room yet, but a chat over aluminum beer cans may offer the first opportunity.

"Among the last-minute actions President Barack Obama took before leaving was a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization alleging China's subsidies of its aluminum producers were illegally suppressing global prices of metal and putting American smelters on the verge of bankruptcy. * * *

" * * * the stakes are high. If China decides to go through the WTO process, it could end up putting the legitimacy of its entire industrial complex on the line. Aluminum is hardly the only industry it subsidizes, and a loss could set an important precedent. * * *

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Obama filed a WTO complaint alleging illegal Chinese subsidies
(b) There is no need to read the rest, because the report is speculative.