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To: tx81 who wrote (22183)	5/19/2000 1:44:00 PM
From: Joe Copia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

SEVT for the archives: News: Local Local businessman helps expand U.S. trade with China By Mike Elswick Individuals can make a difference. Just ask Longview businessman Keith Parker who took time off this week from running his small but growing Summit Environmental Corp. to travel to Washington, D.C. to testify before U.S. House of Representatives and a subcommittee considering allowing expanded trade with China. Parker and other business leaders from across the nation met, then broke into small groups to meet individually with members of Congress and then appeared before the subcommittee. He got to meet with both U. S. Representatives serving Northeast Texas, Ralph Hall, D-Rockwall, and Max Sandlin, D-Marshall and a number of others. "Most were very receptive to what we have to say," Parker said. When the subcommittee vote was taken on the issue of moving forward with expanded trade with China the measure passed by an 18-1 margin, he said.{M6 Parker is chief executive officer of Longview-headquartered Summit Environmental Corp. Inc. The company develops, manufactures and distributes non-toxic, biodegradeable products used in environmental cleanup and other applications, he said. Parker said the company already garners more than 50 percent of its gross sales from foreign exports. "As a U.S. company with a unique product line and long-term vision, we want to operate in China on the grounds of professional business standards and ethics," he said. Small business account for 35 percent of all trade with China while that country represents the tenth largest export market for U.S. small business. Parker's trip was in conjunction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.