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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>Protect U.S. jobs, Kissell tells trade rep<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/19/587571/protect-us-jobs-kissell-tells.html">http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/19/587571/protect-us-jobs-kissell-tells.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell talked about protecting American jobs during a Charlotte gathering with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>"In recent years, trade agreements have not been good for our district," Kissell said at the Friday event, according to a news release. "I am not anti-trade; I just want world markets to be available to American products the way we allow other nations to sell their goods here. We must protect American jobs, American businesses and America's manufacturing base as a matter of economic stability and national security."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>During a roundtable discussion at UNC Charlotte, Kirk answered questions from business leaders about Korean agricultural markets, Chinese currency and the steel industry. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>Kirk, a former mayor of Dallas, has in the past supported the North American Free Trade Agreement, which is unpopular here because of the loss of North Carolina manufacturing jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>Kirk stressed the importance of leveling the playing field between the United States and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>"Made in America is still the most powerful brand in the world," Kirk said. "And we are working to open markets to American exports. [Kissell] is right: We must make things here and sell them around the world, and we have to make our trading partners play by the rules."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>Kissell, a Biscoe Democrat, faces challengers Republican Harold Johnson and Libertarian Thomas Hill this fall in the 8th District, a 10-county district that stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>By staff writers Jane Stancill and Rob Christensen. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/19/587571/protect-us-jobs-kissell-tells.html">http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/19/587571/protect-us-jobs-kissell-tells.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'>Andrew Gussert<br>Director, Citizens Trade Campaign<br>1150 17th Street N.W., Suite 300<br>Washington, D.C. 20036</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:gray'>Cell#: 202.494.8826<br>Fax#: 202.293.5308<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.citizenstrade.org"><span style='color:gray'>www.citizenstrade.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:gray'>skype/agussert</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:gray'>facebook/gussert<br>twitter/agussert</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'>To receive regular trade updates, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.citizenstrade.org/mailman/listinfo/ctcfield"><span style='color:gray'>click here.</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>