Interpreting Local Content Requirements #LCRs using the exceptions provided in #GATT Article XX can be a useful tool for promoting #RenewableEnergy, argues Rupam Dubey. #WTO
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/on-the-potential-of-gatt-article-xx-for-the-renewable-energy-sector/

6) Sutherland steered the GATT Uruguay round negotiations to successful completion, harmonizing the 123 country trade protocols on the sensitive agriculture and textile sectors. The negotiations also established the World Trade Organization n 1993 and Sutherland served 2 years as Director General

#WTO #GATT #WorldTrade #Globalism #InternationalTrade

I have a #moflin robotic pet from a kickstarter campaign. Unfortunately they decided that it should beg for attention while in its charging dish. At first this was cute, but only the first or second time. Now I find this very irritating and am debating letting the battery run flat so it will shut the hell up.

There is no off switch, and while there is bluetooth, there is no app or documentation. It appears to be the usual fake-serial over #BTLE #GATT.

> boasting proudly to the business world that #Reagan had “granted more import relief to #USIndustry than any of his predecessors in more than half a century”; in fact, more than all predecessors combined, as they led “the sustained assault on [#FreeTrade] principle”.. deplored in a scholarly review by #GATT secretariat economist #PatrickLow, who estimates the restrictive effects of #Reaganite measures at about three times those of other leading industrial countries.
https://chomsky.info/199705__/

Three directions where to go next:

0. Improve stability. Two software parts of the #ESP32 failed frequently. Might get better with updates.

1. Connect and control various devices via #MQTT. A custom app for the watch is planned.

2. Instead of or in addition to MQTT, teach the ESP32 to do web requests for certain #GATT messages. This would effectively bring the PineTime online (when close the the ESP32) and remove a strict need for a (human-controlled) companion app.