WASHINGTON — Moving quickly on a promise to spark job creation in the manufacturing sector, President Donald Trump will meet with the CEOs of the Detroit's Big 3 automakers on Tuesday morning at the White House.

At his first full press briefing today, new White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made note of Trump's plans to hold a breakfast meeting with GM CEO Mary Barra, Ford CEO Mark Fields and Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne. Representatives of each of the three confirmed they will attend.

Spicer said the general theme is a discussion of how "to bring more jobs back to the industry." In recent days, Trump has repeated a campaign pledge to renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which critics in Michigan and elsewhere argue has cost the auto industry thousands of jobs since its enactment in the 1990s, even though the evidence is mixed.

Trump became the first Republican presidential nominee to win Michigan since 1988 after running a campaign in which he promised to revitalize manufacturing in the U.S. and penalize American companies -- including automakers -- who use operations in Mexico or other countries to hold costs down on products imported back into the U.S.

American automakers have been notching strong profits in recent years but throughout the campaign, Trump complained about manufacturers creating jobs in Mexico and other countries rather than the U.S.

Across the U.S. and in Michigan, manufacturing jobs have rebounded since the the low point in the wake of the last recession but are still far below historical records: Where there were more than 19 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. in 1980, as of November of last year, that number had fallen to about 12.3 million.

Trump has vowed to change that, not only saying he'll renegotiate NAFTA with the Mexican and Canadian governments but also today formally beginning the process for withdrawing the U.S. from a Pacific Rim trade deal which he -- and many Democrats from Midwestern states including Michigan -- had criticized for not being a good enough deal for American exporters.

Spicer said that, in the future, the Trump administration will focus on bilateral agreements instead of multinational ones like the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Trump's press office had already said he will meet with Mexican President Peña Nieto on "trade, immigration and security" next Tuesday.

The U.S., Mexico and Canada are signatories to NAFTA, which was created in the 1990s. Trump has said if he can't renegotiate NAFTA he will withdraw from it -- though some economists say that could drive prices up in the U.S.