Hello im daryn jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. We are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. We are independent and we do not the. Middle east Oil President trump wants u. S. Troops out of the middle east we take a look at the trillions spent on wars and the billions of men taining us military bases. Also this week the hog and pork industry has taken a hit from african swine flu in china and asia but does the Meat Industry need to change to save the planet. Frances digital tax on. Big Silicon Valley tech good could escalate a trade will with the United States well right now there are 200000 u. S. Troops station that more than 800 bases in 70 countries and territories outside the United States despite President Trumps pledges to end the endless wars the number of troops in the middle east has increased well the assassination of iran 2nd most powerful figure a cost him sin
A lot of fear and anxiety just worry about whats to come and why the death and the assassination of course until the money has caused fear for iranian American Communities in the u. S. Coming from the gulf everyones just past 7 am here in doha as it is in baghdad it is 7 30 am in teheran it is 11 pm in washington d. C. On come all santamaria continuing coverage of developments out of the region this weapons day the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles at u. S. Iraqi facilities in iraq this is at least 2 bases were talking about one is in erbil the other is the. Base in Anbar Province also irans revolutionary guard has issued a warning to other u. S. Allies in the region and that includes israel saying they will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against terror rob also developments were seeing from the u. S. F a a the federal Aviation Authority which has now banned u. S. Airlines from flying over this region were talking about airspac
Military bases. Also this week the hog and pork industry has taken a hit from african swine flu in china and asia but does the Meat Industry need to change to save the planet. Frances digital tax on big Silicon Valley tech that could escalate a trade war with the United States. Well right now there are 200000 u. S. Troops stationed at more than 800 bases in 70 countries and territories outside the United States despite President Trumps pledges to end the endless wars the number of troops in the middle east has increased well the assassination of iran 2nd most powerful figure cost him soon the money by u. S. Drone strike has led to the deployment of more troops to iraq and one iran hit back and tensions appear to have eased for now a shadow war goes on which raises the question how much does the United States spend on its presence in the middle east well since 911. 00 taxpayers in the United States have spent 6. 00 trillion dollars on wars in afghanistan iraq and syria thats according t
Government. Host andy purdy is the chief Security Officer from huawei and based here in washington dc and he is our guest this week on the communicators. Mr. Purdy, what do you do for huawei as chief Security Officer . Guest my primary role is internal so ive been doing more external things in the last six, 12 months but my response ability have to do with chairing a committee of the key parts of the company in the United States to try to assess and manage and control risk and help support our overall ethics and Compliance Program so we can make sure we protect huawei protect our customers and we can continue to do business and manage the Cybersecurity Private seat risk. Host what is their legal and commercial status in the u. S. Right now . Guest its a moving target. We have National Defense authorization act and we have pending rulemaking pursuant to executive order and right now we can sell to the u. S. Government and cant sell to the u. S. Contractors and there is pressure for our
So that the u. S. Defense secretary says there has been no decision to put american troops out of iraq this comes after a draw flats a top u. S. General in iraq revealed that forces will be repositioning to respect by that soften to the confusion in the pens can follow sundays nonbinding vote in the Iraqi Parliament calling for the removal of all foreign troops in response to the u. S. His assassination of irans top cmon a custom sort of money meanwhile iraq says the u. N. Security council to condemn the killing of sort of money and i would behind this the head of the iranian backed Iraqi Paramilitary group it wants World Leaders to ensure that baghdad is not dragged into the international or regional crises the u. N. Secretary general antonio terrace hes calling for restraint. Ive been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern i mean Constant Contact with living officials around the worlds and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exist size maximum rest