Nobody wants to touch these tankers and this these wounds are then taken out the International Trade and thats thats thats a substantial piece of hardware that goes out and obviously supply to. The places shoot up weve also got to laze that its not just the china connection there are there are other aspects to the increase in tanker trade as well as you know the venezuelan sanctions are also in place similar to indian crew bankers handling venezuelan goold are all sort of under the lens but that puts away another piece of get out of circulation and as you know that i am more 2020 said to kick in in the next 3 months which basically means that the ships need to adhere to or rather stricter level of pollution control so a good number of ships have actually in the docks and theyre going in blood grid scrubbers and things like that so all these things could be things put together is what is currently impacting the rise in. Danko flickers is that cost of that increase in cost being passed on to the likes of you and i obviously be glued transporter already is that a finer that is taking the crew once hes got to pay an additional cost to ship his crude hes going to mark his products the final end product that comes out of the refinery the gasoline the petrol the l. P. G. At a higher cost which you and i have to be unfortunately iran has always said that it has the means to get oil onto the market in spite of the sanctions there is a lot of sanctions busting going on here how is that happening. I mean even if you look back 304050 years in in history the informal trade. The informal crude sales whether it was a barter system or totally off market sale of crude has always existed in iran from the times of the shah in the seventys when iran was producing at its peak about 6000000 barrels of crude there were always barrels that were available off the coast of iran north of the coastline of the arabian gulf states where crew was sold informally of course that was and that has continued to list a i mean if you were to stand on any any one of the gulf states along the coastline and with a high powered by knockers you you could even today see these small barges having 203040000 barrels of crude which was obviously iranian in origin and it was being sold at high seas so iran has always found a way to get its crude to sell its crude of a from the eyes of the former market as it were of course this this crude was either pull forward was either. Siphoned off given the seepage is in the iran supply chain but now what were seeing is a surface if not sponsored state sanctioned sale of iranian crude. From the prying eyes ok of. This happening by means of high seas. Things like that help me understand this then then the sanctions are concerned iran is still able to trade with any anyone it wants in terms of oil its just that the payment cant be in dollars is that how the sanctions work so its ok for them to to come offshore and offload from one tanker to another as long as the payment isnt in dollars the most kind of strange and aspect of the sanctions that gave in early early last year was section 1245 of the n d 8 the National Defense authorization act which actually imposes penalties on Financial Institutions which are in any way connected with it in united include that includes banks Financial Institutions lenders and government treasuries as well so. Iran has the group and whilst there is a huge appetite at least amongst consumers to take that group very few people are reluctant to get that crude into their refined into their inventors ended by injuries because its difficult before it. How do people. For the longest meter time never accepted dollars they had benchmark in your toes of the longest beater time any even minute sanctions were not there and i. O. C. And i. D. C. Always dealt in euros not in dollars today even that is difficult it is duty selling its good its down from 3 and a half 1000000 barrels for millions battles a day it was about 3000000 barrels a day earlier this year even today by most estimates there are still selling port 100000 barrels of crude every day. A lot of that is is money that is it outdated away from International Banking tons some amount of it is done in barter system. White boards i pads. I phones washing machine the likes and it is a good amount of good that is currently being stored on credit by the iranian government in the hope that when the sanctions go theyll be able to and gosh that iou fascinating project many thanks dave for being with us regards to your own counting the cost thank you agent good to be you after years the u. S. Has complained that the e. U. Has illegally subsidized airbus putting the american plane manufacturer boeing at a financial disadvantage now the World Trade Organization agrees and it says the u. S. Can impose 7500000000. 00 in tariffs on a wide range of european products in response to those tariffs which have just kicked in at a drop in all of oil prices a putting spains all of industry under enormous pressure now to 0 looks at the repercussions of those tariffs on the families that the penned on olive oil exports for their livelihood. Harvest time in spain should be a time for celebration all of this year its a time of anxiety as they shake down the trees the u. S. Is imposing a new 25 percent import tax on that all of oil a tax that could decimate this 5th generation Family Business unable to compete with cheap imports. Getting into. The vessels that are carrying Spanish Olive oil to the states havent even reached their destination so whats going to happen they were sold before these tariffs were a threat so pushing a 25 percent margin on top of this will kill our competitiveness. Spain is the Worlds Largest producer of all of oil exports to the us a worth 440000000. 00 but those working in the fields have not had a easy lately last years record harvest all of oils Purchase Price to plummet by 34 percent and more and more countries are planting their own articles joining the market piling the tariffs on top of this could lead to collapse. I am last week thousands of out of workers took to the streets of madrid demanding the e. U. Push back on the new tariffs and prop up the industry and say they dont understand why and agreement the politicians had with should penalize their products. We think its very unfair because the Agricultural Sector acts like a monetary strength for other industries that have nothing to do with the sector in this case is the aeronautical industry which has nothing to do with us all the producers are already feeling the squeeze around 845000000. 00 worth of spains agricultural exports will face us tariffs the e. U. Warns it will retaliate with its own import taxes if they win that case against the u. S. Next year it will have the makings of a texas trade war. Fish from as in northern malaysia calling on the government to tackle the issue of marine pollution they say the poor quality of sea water has caused them huge financial losses aljazeera florus louis reports now from the state of. There have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that is causing their fish to die they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water. We depend on the sea for living if all fish can survive we are going to have to shut the farm if theres no fish in the waters will be out of job its role on the northern shores of penang island. Is his caged fish have been dying as well he too blames the Water Quality the State Government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoff from an illegal quarry operated by Marine Research as say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that thats not enough to cause fish to die as the same basic know its difficult for us to actually pinpoint on one factor the ocean is a very dynamic environment. Is the ball and. Effect as well as. The Climate Change that causes course the pollution. Its not just those in the fishing and Aquaculture Industries who are affected. Waterfall operators as well as hotel you tell us that on some days the pollution from this river is so bad that a foul smell hangs in the air and the water turns into a dark almost black color on those days they tell customers to avoid swimming in the sea the local government says residents have to do their part. You to do to misuse them the people does not do good or for duration theres a point to the solution for them and to call the whole system but the people here tell us that they dont think enough is being done to ensure theres proper and vironment or monitoring nor tackle coastal pollution in bangladesh steel prices are soaring and its mainly because of the trade war between the us and china its having a knock on effect on the rest of the economy with house prices skyrocketing and construction taking a his. Child has more now from the time of tony. Small Home Builders are the hardest hit the shop owner lives with his extended family next door to where his future home should be taking shape been done wrong. Building a roof needs a lot of rods if the prices were like before it would be done by now but with steel prices shooting up work on building our home a lifelong dream has stalled now we wait for the prices to go down. Bangladesh relies on importing scrap metal from the us to make steel rod which are the backbone of the New Buildings but that become more expensive to build because they import costs have risen. Precedent trans trade war with china is impacting bangladesh just still industry which imports a significant amount of scrap iron from the United States protectionist measures taken by the Us Administration is reducing supply and increasing prices and so the cost of constructions have gone up in bangor that the capital dhaka is the heart of the still drug market still traders say business is bad and on accomplished im a little bit like yes theres an impact with sols almost coming to a halt people who are planning to build a home a very cautious now as i have to pour in money while the market is volatile. Some still traders are stockpiling stocks betting prices will rise when or if the trade war eventually ends yes the price is changed. Why are writing more on speculation and when it went up sharply president trams tariffs are costing poorer countries as well his own and china theres been a construction boom in bangladesh over the past 20 years or so but the high price of Construction Materials such as steel are threatening to start a recent economic growth. Show for this week if youd like to comment on anything youve seen. You can tweet me im at a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you do or you can drop us a line counting the cost of aljazeera dot net is our email address as always theres more for you on line of aljazeera dot com slash c. T. C. That takes you straight to a page and theyll find individual reports links even and tie episodes for years of catch up. But thats it for this edition of couse in the cos im adrian for the good from the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us the news on aljazeera is next. Rewind returns with a new scenery. And brand new updates on the vast amount is ynys documentaries if i would compare it to an onion we have in the onion the fleetest paths the hug them to see the temple mount this is the old city rewind continues with motown to greytown be in al here in the soil learning about health by eating good its changed my life i cant imagine doing Something Else on aljazeera. We understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world around. You call home Aljazeera International bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. Out is iraq. Lebanons Prime Minister says the cabinets agreed on a number of economic measures to come public anger but protesters demand more political reform. Hello and welcome to the program to drop youre watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up donald trump says he never gave Kurdish Forces a commitment before his decision to pull out of syria. The u. K. Speaker of the house has today blocked transferees from holding a new vote on a conservative m. P. Says theyll now have a chance to vote on tuesday. No longer will women who need abortions be treated as criminals this is been a Long Time Coming also had some of the strictest abortion laws in the u. K. Will disappear at midnight local time in northern ireland. Ok lets begin in lebanon where the Prime Minister saad hariri has announced a series of new reforms as tens of thousands of protesters continue to demand his resignation mr hariri has promised to cut salaries of some politicians in half hes also vowed to get banks to contribute more than 3000000000. 00 towards the deficit and has promised not to add new taxes in next years budget so in a hard. Reports from the capital beirut on how the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they arent leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis without hitting the public with more taxes. The cabinet approved the 2020 budget with a deficit of 0. 6 percent with no new taxes the salaries of top officials including legislators and members of parliament will be cut in half as part of the economic reform package the central bank and the Banking Sector will help in reducing the deficit by a belt 3400000000 are the decisions that we have taken might not fulfill your demands but they fulfill what i have been calling for i will not allow anyone to scare you and its the governments duty to protect your peaceful demands. Too little too late the proposed reforms are not enough to calm the anger people have no faith. They are right they have no faith in the. Government of. Prime minister the president didnt have the people have not made them available even if they felt that they were the only force possible and so i would begin to believe that. The way forward according to the protesters involves the government resigning a Transitional Council made up of judges who dont have political affiliations taking over until elections and those elections will be held under a new law whereby lebanon will become one single constituency and sects will no longer just elect their own sectarian leaders. After all the demands the governing alliance has already rejected the protesters are up against those in power who wont hesitate to use its. But there is hope. For many here its a new beginning. Those who are taking part in this protest movement say it is a rejection of the political elite who have been. Exploiting the sectarian system of government at the expense of building a strong state that the states resources to support in their community some of their supporters have risen up against the 1st and the serious. The path for political change in lebanon has now been drawn but the road ahead wont be easy i think the most important thing is the sense of. Insecurity it is in. The field and believed to be protected and the be mobilized within. The live together. Crowds this size protesting for this long young old rich poor Muslim Christian and without backing from Political Parties has not happened in lebanon some recent history a revolution seems to have already happened but the crisis is far from over. Beirut. Live to beirut said my colleague stephanie staff when mr hariri was giving his address he said look you know they may not meet your demands but my reforms do meet. That seems like a kind of an old thing to do when so many people if youre a politician a calling for you to quit. Thinking its. Just their. So. This is the message certainly from the people who are making here. In tripoli and other areas across this country that its not good enough that its too little too late i mean they do say yes of course these reforms are important but they should have been done years ago these are all right not to politicians simply doing the job they should have been doing. Before if they were they dont want these men to be in charge of implementing it they dont want them to solve it because they say they are the problem so this is why people were made here its the 6th state. In front of the seat of government its just around the corner where you and ive been speaking to you for the last couple of days so were going to have to wait and see what the states hear whether what kind of response the government is going to whether a lot of people are concerned about political meddling in terms of some parties sending their there are you know there are thugs so to speak to problems and then be dispersed so nobody knows what is going to happen here but. This is significant its a turning point certainly in the sense of where the people are standing united against the politicians and even. The significance of the fact that people here across the sectarian divide which makes such a fractured country certainly when it comes to these protests is something that is massively significant and he must be well aware of the significance of that as well when you go every politician being on the receiving end of the demonstrates his anger thats a big thing to be to be pointed towards a lebanese government. Yes and its made to stand together i mean there are certain names of the protesters are picking out more in terms of their insults particularly the foreign minister but also the Prime Minister has gone that pretty much everyone has gotten to know what is being absolved of being also for accountability. So you have these men who have ruled lebanon for decades a big queues siphoning off millions and millions of dollars which is really for seeing out the communal fronts on the politician side versus the people so theyre facing huge challenges because at the moment it seems to be getting anywhere is demented going to continue we dont know but the government is made it clear that nobody move they are going to implement these reforms and have to wait and see if that really takes a change on the ground so i think the difficult times ahead as well because obviously what the people want is not in line at toul with what the politicians want. Ok steph thanks very much. The turkish president. Says the military offensive in syria is not a land grab and has criticized ankaras allies for not supporting what he calls a fight against terrorists and u. S. Brokered cease fire is due to end on tuesday you see them you saw think. We have post our offensive in northern parts of syria for 120 hours thats why this isnt a crucial time those 120 hours are nearly over tomorrow i would travel to associate to meet russian president Vladimir Putin for talks and after that would take the necessary steps. U. S. Troops have crossed into iraq as part of their withdrawal from Northern Syria a convoy is going to the sahil a Border Crossing in the Northern Province of the its heading into territory controlled by the peshmerga in Northern Iraq semi autonomous kurdish region but u. S. Defense secretary mark esposa has a number of u. S. Troops remaining in syria to protect potentially Lucrative Oil fields. This withdrawal will take weeks not days until that time our forces will remain in the towns that are located near the oil fields the purpose of those forces a purpose of those forces working with the s. D. F. Is to deny access to those oil fields by isis and others who may benefit from their revenues it could be earned well just in the past few minutes though so the us President Donald Trump has been speaking about the situation in Northern Syria his comments came join a Cabinet Meeting just as we went on air this cough hour he said the truce is holding despite a few skirmishes were having very good news coming out the ceasefire is holding. The kurds are moving out to safer areas beyond the safe zone as we call it having a safe zone is not a bad thing its a good thing and plenty of turks have been killed because of conflict on their border so you know you have to look at it both ways but the cease fire is absolutely holding some skirmishes but very little relatively speaking of course if you watch the fake news its like pretty pretty wild its really holding. Ive watched these pundits that have been working on this thing for 20 years theyve been working on the middle east for 20 years they dont know what theyre doing and theyre telling me what to do they say what a truck get out of it what did he get and what they want to get out of it we wont be fighting it will bring our soldiers back home they were supposed to be there for 30 days and theyve been there now for 10 years in syria 10 years theyre supposed to go in to a quick kid and isis and come out as far as isis is concerned when i took over november 26th isis was all over the place im the one meaning it was me and this it ministration working with others including the kurds they captured all of these people that youre talking about right. Lets bring in our White House Correspondent kimberly how you can believe what youre reading of those comments yeah well it was the only comment that the u. S. President had with regard to syria in fact this meeting the Cabinet Meeting 1st time weve heard from the president in a Cabinet Meeting since the announcement that he was withdrawing u. S. Soldiers from northeast syria and also of the 1st time hes had a Cabinet Meeting since the announcement of the impeachment inquiry and had a lot to say on both of those issues but with respect to syria the u. S. President not only saying there that the cease fire is holding but also saying that if turkey misbehaves he will put in place the sanctions that had been withdrawn as part of the cease fire agreement and also will be putting in place tariffs on turkish products but these comments that the president said with regard to the u. S. Relationship with the kurdish fighters that helped the United States in the defeat of i so lost some 11000 fighters these ones may inflame tensions as many in the United States have felt that the president s move has already in damaging that relationship he said the United States never gave the kurds any assurance it would stay for 400 years to protect them and he also said that when it comes to the