The economic crisis in Asia probably seems remote to many Minnesotans, but in many ways, Minnesota and Asia are joined at the wallet. According to rough estimates, Minnesota agricultural exports to Asia in 1996, amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars. Minnesota manufacturers exported more than 2.6 Billion dollars worth of goods to Japan, China and other Asian countries. The exports go to countries now in the midst of economic turmoil from slowing economies, business bankruptcies and unemployment. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin has this look at the symptoms of the Asian economic Flu in Minnesota.