<![CDATA[Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA]]>

1.0 link 157316 <![CDATA[Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-carlsen/obama-reaffirms-promise-t_b_157316.html The courtesy call between President-elect Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon turned out to be a little more revealing than anticipated. The statement from incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gave a pretty clear, if vague, picture of where Obama plans to take the bilateral relationship. On renegotiating NAFTA, he stood his ground as CalderÃ³n lobbied heavily not to re-open the North American Free Trade Agreement.

"On trade and the economy, President-elect Obama said that with both countries facing...

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