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Century Aluminum targets China as U.S. smelters fight for survival

At least one U.S. aluminum producer may be hunkering down for a trade dispute with top-producer China, as the beleaguered aluminum industry fights for survival amid high labor and energy costs and prices at a six-year low.

Century Aluminum Co, controlled by Swiss trader and miner Glencore Plc, is leading an aggressive campaign to fight China’s aluminum exports that it says threatens the U.S. industry.

Century faces high stakes as last week its share price plunged as much as 26 percent after the company reported a bigger-than-expected loss. It has also announced plans to close capacity and shutter one plant…

Stop Chinese Job Hacking

In stark contrast to the warm welcome Pope Francis received from President Obama this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the White House amid a period of heightened tensions, as China is in the midst of a financial meltdown and cyber-hacking headlines continue. While President Xi visited American business leaders in Seattle prior to his arrival in Washington, his agents have been embedded in American enterprise for years, hacking their way into American firms in an effort to stop the bleeding at home.

President Obama has made clear that China is a global “free rider” that profits on the back of American innovation, with China hacking its way into our economy by stealing our trade secrets and killing thousands of American jobs…