She described how her family sat waist-deep in water for two weeks on a leaky fishing boat to Hong Kong, how her father gave up his own ration of rice to feed his family, how they settled in Louisville, Ky., with $100 and a gold wedding ring among them.
Her family spent two weeks on a boat to Hong Kong.
Trade Deficit in 1999: Recent Trends and Policy Options, Congressional Research Service (May 22, 2000); and CBO  Causes and Consequences of the Trade  An Overview, Congressional Budget Office (March 2000).