| Manufacturing Jobs Initiative | |
| Predecessor: | President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness[1] |
| Founding Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Dissolved: | |
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| Parent Organization: | Department of Commerce[2] |
The American Manufacturing Council was a group of prominent chief executives set up to advise U.S. President Donald Trump on domestic manufacturing initiatives. It was chaired by Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company.[3]
Following the withdrawal of several members after Trump's defense of alt-right protestors at the Unite the Right Rally,[4] Trump on August 16, 2017 disbanded the Council, as well as the Strategic and Policy Forum.[5] The council itself had earlier informed the president that they intended to disband on their own initiative.[6]
| data-sort-value="Brown" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Dell" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Ferriola" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Fettig" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Fields" | CEO (former) | data-sort-value="2017-05" | resigned in May after leaving Ford[7] | |||
| data-sort-value="Frazier" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-14" | resigned August 14 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[8] | |||
| data-sort-value="Gorsky" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-16" | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[9] [10] [11] | |||
| data-sort-value="Hayes" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-16" | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[12] | |||
| data-sort-value="Hewson" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Immelt" | Chairman | data-sort-value="2017-08-16" | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville | |||
| data-sort-value="Kamsickas" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Kleinfeld" | CEO (former) | data-sort-value="2017-04" | resigned in April after leaving Arconic | |||
| data-sort-value="Krzanich" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-14" | resigned August 14 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[13] | |||
| data-sort-value="Kyle" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Lee" | Deputy Chief of Staff | data-sort-value="2017-08-15" | resigned August 15 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[14] | |||
| data-sort-value="Liveris" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Longhi" | CEO (former) | data-sort-value="2017-06-12+" | resigned in June after retiring from U.S. Steel | |||
| data-sort-value="Morrison" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-16" | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[15] | |||
| data-sort-value="Muilenburg" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Musk" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-06-01" | resigned in June over U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate accord | |||
| data-sort-value="Oberhelman" | Executive Chairman | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Paul" | President | data-sort-value="2017-08-15" | resigned August 15 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville | |||
| data-sort-value="Plank" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-14" | resigned August 14 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville | |||
| data-sort-value="Polk" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Sutton" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment | |||
| data-sort-value="Thulin" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-16" | resigned August 16 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville[16] [17] | |||
| data-sort-value="Trumka" | President | data-sort-value="2017-08-15" | resigned August 15 after Trump statements regarding events in Charlottesville | |||
| data-sort-value="Weeks" | CEO | data-sort-value="2017-08-17" | member until disbandment |
In June 2017, Elon Musk 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.[18]
Seven executives resigned from the council in response to Trump's response to the violence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017.[19] The first executives to resign were drugmaker Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.[20] On August 15, 2017, Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also resigned.[21] 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."[22]
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.[5] 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.[5] [6] [23]