of new economic policies aimed at fixing a myriad pressing problems including rampant inflation mr mcgirr also called for budget austerity increased pensions and a minimum wage increase of over thirty four hundred percent and proposals linking the value of pensions wages and a new ball of our currency he's proposed to the value of oil based petrol cryptocurrency tax measures including a that a value added tax that exempt food and medicine are also to take effect this week most observers say the math doesn't add up mr president even sympathetic economist half for years called on the venezuelan government to address fundamental imbalances in their currency exchange and import systems to boost domestic production and curb inflation and corruption. french oil giant toe tal has pulled out of a lucrative iranian gas project due to u.s. economic sanctions the five billion dollar deal to develop a giant natural gas field is now in limbo but help may be on its way artie's alex my hyla bitch isn't toronto with more alex thank you as always for being here why was total so quick to back down from fro