It has increased.
In 2006, the United States produced more steel than it did in 1900, but China was the world's leading steel producer in 2006.
C: Taft had the support of the northern Republican Conservatives
In the 1700s, the Ottoman Empire began to rapidly deteriorate following the Russo-Turkish Wars. A series of treaties created during that time caused the empire to lose some of its economic independence. ... Following the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire officially came to an end with the Treaty of Sevres.
It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China and for the support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity
