The American Manufacturing Council was a group of prominent chief executives set up to advise
U.S. President
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
on domestic manufacturing initiatives. It was chaired by
Andrew Liveris
Andrew N. Liveris (born 5 May 1954) is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. Liveris has been a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004, CEO since November 2004 and was elected as ...
, CEO of
Dow Chemical Company
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Dow manufactures plastic ...
.
Following the withdrawal of several members after Trump's defense of
alt-right
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protestors at the
Unite the Right Rally
The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, ...
, Trump on August 16, 2017 disbanded the Council, as well as the
Strategic and Policy Forum
The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the U.S. President Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 me ...
.
The council itself had earlier informed the president that they intended to disband on their own initiative.
Members
Resignations and disbandment
Paris Agreement
In June 2017,
Elon Musk
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announced his resignation from the council. He stated departure from the council was a direct response to the
United States' withdrawal from the
Paris Agreement
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.
Unite the Right Rally In Charlottesville, Virginia
Seven executives resigned from the council in response to Trump's response to the violence at the
Unite the Right rally
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in
Charlottesville, Virginia
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on August 12, 2017. The first executives to resign were drugmaker
Merck & Co. CEO
Kenneth Frazier
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,
Under Armour
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CEO
Kevin Plank
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, and
Intel
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CEO
Brian Krzanich
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. On August 15, 2017, Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also resigned. The same day, Richard Trumka and Thea Lee resigned, stating that "We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism."
Disbandment
Following the withdrawal of the members,
Stephen A. Schwarzman and the remaining members decided to disband the Council during a conference call on August 16, 2017. Schwarzman called Trump the same day to announce that they had decided to disband the Council.
Trump tweeted shortly after that saying that he and the group had agreed to disband the Council, as well as the
Strategic and Policy Forum
The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the U.S. President Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 me ...
.
See also
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President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness The President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, originally the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), was an ad hoc panel of non-governmental experts from business, labor, academia and elsewhere that President of the United State ...
(2011–2013) – an earlier similar board
*
Strategic and Policy Forum
The President's Strategic and Policy Forum was a business forum created by the U.S. President Donald Trump to give the president perspectives from business leaders on how to create jobs and improve growth for the U.S. economy. It consisted of 16 me ...
(January–August 2017) – another board also disbanded
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