Senior members of the Senate Republican leadership said Tuesday (Jan. 12) they believe the Senate can act soon to pass the pending compromise customs bill approved in the House last December, even as a top Senate Democrat threatened to try and derail the legislation. [Daily News| January, 13 2016 | Inside US Trade ] Sen. John…

China’s steel exports rose by a fifth in 2015 to an amount big enough to feed demand in Germany and Japan for a year and leave almost 9 million metric tons to spare. [Bloomberg News| January, 13 2016 | MineWeb ] Outbound shipments of the material used in everything from buildings to ships surged almost 20%…

Hillary Clinton recently asserted that Americans fare better economically under Democratic administrations than Republican ones. Campaign claims are always suspect. In this case, a lot depends on the definition of “better.” Beyond that, there is the issue of the economic conditions and programs that are passed on to future administrations, such as the gathering recession…