There were people in charge of America and the trade with it from Europe and China and other places throughout many millennia starting with Ophir, Moses, then Solomon, Ptolemy, Joseph of Arimathaea, Robert the Bruce and so on. Some of these were just corporations like Tartessus/Iberia competing with each other, no doubt. Some of them were working in concert and headed by the Phoenicians or Nobles like the Benjaminites or Carthaginians.
"It is our responsibility to know who they were" - Ancient Wisdom Publishing.
"There is much we must learn if we are to bring an end to these secrets but I am encouraged when I see the G-8 in 2005 claiming they will end export subsidies. This will allow local freedom to build infrastructure and plan businesses or farms. Buying local warlords has been the standard operating procedure of Manifest Destiny for too long. The religions that proclaimed Manifest Destiny or Divine Right of Kings have shackled mankind for too many millennia and they always call each other names like terrorist or barbarian. But these religions are managed by the same inner sanctums or elite power-mongers that control trade."