document.write("<div class=\"ptActiveContent\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div align=\"center\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"ptHead1\">Online forum</div><div class=\"ptHead2\">Forum Talkback</div><div class=\"ptHeadSpacer\">&nbsp;</div></div><div class=\"ptItem1\">Has the WTO ever considered&#160;answering the&#160;following: &#160; How can the public get the support of the WTO?&nbsp;<a class=\"ptFullMsgLink\" href=\"http://forums.prospero.com/dir-app/acx/ACDispatch.aspx?webtag=wtodebate&action=message&msg=16.3&fp=\">[view message]</a></div><span class=\"ptFromName\"><span class=\"ptfromLabel\">Votre nom:&nbsp;</span>SydMartin<span>at </span>2:40 on 3/5/09</span><div class=\"ptItemSpacer\">&nbsp;</div><div class=\"ptItem1\">A necessary first step is to mandate that all trade rules and WTO initiatives are subservient to the goal of “sustainable development”. This requires global environmental impact assessments, enforcement of labour safety standards by member countries and strict regulation of the financial system. The subsidy rules need to be broadened to cover issues such as environmental costs but not to the extent that any subsidy provision would interfere with a member country’s social objectives such as health care programs for citizens. -->-->&#160;--> Create a global environment of “racing to the top” rather the historic “race to the bottom”. -->&#160;--> The WTO needs to focus on what it can do for global citizens to improve their lives.&#160; To bolster public and political support the WTO&#160;can no longer&#160;support a system which&#160;sees jobs or businesses lost due to unfair trading practices by another member country or more recently, negligence in the financial sector; and that...&nbsp;<a class=\"ptFullMsgLink\" href=\"http://forums.prospero.com/dir-app/acx/ACDispatch.aspx?webtag=wtodebate&action=message&msg=16.2&fp=\">[view message]</a></div><span class=\"ptFromName\"><span class=\"ptfromLabel\">Votre nom:&nbsp;</span>SydMartin<span>at </span>17:16 on 2/11/09</span><div class=\"ptItemSpacer\">&nbsp;</div><div class=\"ptItem1\">How to bolster public and political support for trade? &#160; Edited 11/02/2009 11:09 ET by WTOadmin&nbsp;<a class=\"ptFullMsgLink\" href=\"http://forums.prospero.com/dir-app/acx/ACDispatch.aspx?webtag=wtodebate&action=message&msg=16.1&fp=\">[view message]</a></div><span class=\"ptFromName\"><span class=\"ptfromLabel\">Votre nom:&nbsp;</span>WTOadmin<span>at </span>11:08 on 2/11/09</span><div class=\"ptItemSpacer\">&nbsp;</div><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_domain\" value=\"forums.prospero.com\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_webtag\" value=\"wtodebate\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_folderId\" value=\"1\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_tid\" value=\"16\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_subject\" value=\"New%20Discussion\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_contentId\" value=\"\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_returnUrl\" value=\"http%3a%2f%2fwww.wto.org%2ffrench%2fforums_f%2fdebates_f%2fdebate12_f.htm\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_contentUrl\" value=\"http%3a%2f%2fwww.wto.org%2ffrench%2fforums_f%2fdebates_f%2fdebate12_f.htm\"/><input type=\"hidden\" ID=\"PTAC_fp\" value=\"\" NAME=\"fp\"/><textarea id=\"PTAC_body\" class=\"ptTextBox\" rows=\"10\" cols=\"60\"></textarea><div><span class=\"ptNameFieldLabel\">Auteur:</span><input type=\"text\" size=\"20\" id=\"PTAC_signature\" style=\"ptSigField\"/></div><input type=\"submit\" id=\"submitButton\" class=\"ptSubmitButton\" value=\"Repondre:\" onclick=\"PTAC_SubmitTalkback();return false;\"/></div> ")