(CNSNews.com) – Delays in passing three free-trade agreements negotiated by the Bush administration are putting 380,000 American jobs at risk, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says in a new ad campaign launched Thursday, hours before President Obama called – yet again – for movement on the trade deals.

Hours before Obama’s Capitol Hill jobs-focused speech, Republican lawmakers criticized the president for repeatedly urging lawmakers to approve the free-trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Colombia and Panama – but not submitting them to Congress in order for that to happen.

In his speech, Obama stressed the importance of getting the deals passed, as he did in his State of the Union addresses in both 2010 and 2011.

“Now it’s time to clear the way for a series of trade agreements that would make it easier for American companies to sell their products in Panama and Colombia and South Korea -– while also helping the workers whose jobs have been affected by global competition,” he said.