How did the us expand trade with asia?

On a smaller scale, as U.S. merchants began to stop at many of the Pacific Islands to replenish supplies and acquire goods to trade with Chinese merchants, the U.S. Government appointed consuls to several of these places. U.S. expansion across the Pacific fundamentally changed the global position of the United States.

If he breaks the law then he had to resign from his post and so he'll lose his/her powers.