U.S. retail sales surged in March on the back of stimulus check payments, with the sports and leisure sector doing best just as a wave of instrument imports arrived. A potential auto tire shortage has yet to emerge. Also: LG Electronics ups washer capacity as imports soar during pandemic; Giant, Kent cycle imports rally as elevated demand fulfillment continues; Johnson Controls, Bosch may be candidates for Boston’s bigger boats; voting about votes – “economic Brexit” deal not dead yet; U.S.-Russia relations back in focus with financial sanctions, straits closure; and a U.K.-India deal wi...