claim: "obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the north american free trade agreement."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: prior to the meeting, a war of words has raged over whether president-elect  barack obama will hold to his campaign promise of opening up the north  american free trade agreement for renegotiation. campaign attacks on nafta  and promises to renegotiate proved that demands for revision of the free-trade  model have ...
evidence_2: jun 20, 2008 ... he suggested in an interview with fortune this week that he doesn't want to  unilaterally renegotiate nafta, adding that "[s]ometimes during campaigns ...  obama has made clear in speeches that he does not oppose global trade: in a  speech monday in flint, michigan, he said he disagrees with those who ...
evidence_3: jul 6, 2016 ... trump has said he would only withdraw from nafta if he can't renegotiate the  terms of the agreement to get a better deal for workers. "and i don't mean just a  little bit better, i mean a lot better," he said. but the details remain scarce. trade  experts said they don't know what trump wants to do. "it's not clear ...
evidence_4: jun 18, 2008 ... democratic nominee, barack obama, in an exclusive interview with fortune, says  he wants free trade "to work for all people. ... issue, the presumptive democratic  nominee backed off his harshest attacks on the free trade agreement and  indicated he didn't want to unilaterally reopen negotiations on nafta.
evidence_5: sep 9, 2016 ... republican presidential candidate donald trump said in march that he would “ rip up” nafta, although he has since softened his stance. hillary clinton, his  democratic challenger, said in 2008 that she would threaten to “opt out of nafta  unless we renegotiate it.” president barack obama said in a ...