Answer: William Becknell and General Thomas James
Introduction:
By September, 1821, the Revolution in Mexico against the Spanish rule had succeeded,<em> Mexico was a free country</em> and could trade with whomever they pleased and<em> Americans</em> were now welcome in<em> New Mexico. </em>
Explanation:
The <em>William Becknell</em> party arrived in Santa Fe followed by the<em> General Thomas James / John McKnight </em>expedition, <em>only two weeks after. </em>
William Becknell escaped the financial depression Missouri was facing, he saw Santa Fe as a new opportunity to trade his goods. Becknell followed a new route in 1822 and became famous as the Santa Fe Trail.
General Thomas James arrived to Santa Fe with John McKnight in an expedition that served two purposes, General Thomas James's purpose was to trade with the Indians while John McKnight was looking for his brother Robert McKnight who had been held prisoner by the Spanish.
The answer is: United States would have a deficit of $11 billion in the given year.
A trade surplus occurs when a country exports more than it imports. On the other hand, a deficit is when a country imports more products than it exports.
In the above example, the United States is exporting only $5 billion of goods but importing $16 billion of products. This means that the total trade deficit in the example is 16-5 = $11 billion.
This actually represents the current situation of the United States where it has a significant trade deficit with many major economies in the world, most noticeably with China.
Its actually VERY likely. I may be wrong, but My research doesn't say so :D<span />
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