As WW2 was ramping up there was only 1 aluminum manufacturer - Alcoa (Aluminum Co of America). When they hemmed and hawed that they could not increase production to meet the US war demands, the FDR administration made an investment to start Reynolds, who would go on to supply all of the aluminum needed to create thousands of ships and airplanes. Today they make foil and plastic bags. Alcoa still exists too as a much smaller fish in a much larger pond.

The government has all the cards, negotiation is really just a matter of will.