For 2008, an estimated 2.6 million U.S. jobs were eliminated.
I want to keep U.S. jobs in the United States.
Or will it undermine U.S. jobs and wages, as critics charge?
One hundred and seventeen thousand U.S. jobs were lost in the month of June alone.
"I want to make very sure that we're not putting U.S. jobs at risk over the next two years," he said in announcing the proposal.
That's the equivalent of 140 deaths per 100,000 workers, which was 20 times the national average for all U.S. jobs at that time.
But most studies show that free trade will increase U.S. jobs.
There is significant debate about whether American citizens are losing U.S. jobs to workers from other countries.
More troubling is opposition by organized labor, which says the pact would cost millions of U.S. jobs.
As of 2010, less than 10% of U.S. jobs are filled through online ads.