#shorts On 1/17/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I want to ask you about trade. We’re days away now from the President being two years in office, and there have been no completed trade deals. Why not?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So a couple of — a couple of — a couple of things here. So when the President was running, he made clear that we will invest in American workers and communities before pursuing new trade deals. And this is exactly what we’ve been doing. You’ve seen it for yourself … More than 750,000 manufacturing jobs were created right here, under this President. At the same time, we’re working —

Reporter: Most added back, though. Most of the jobs added back.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We — we go — we —
Reporter: It created 149,000.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We — we — we go back and forth on this, Ed.
Reporter: Yeah.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I hear you. I’m — I’m — 750,000 jobs. Let me finish your — your answer.
Reporter: Sure.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: You asked me a question.
But, at the same time, we are working swiftly to finalize the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, which represent 40 percent of the world’s GDP

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/spihIWUlclg
Q: no trade deal? A: “750K NEW jobs” Q: Most of the jobs added back