Dow Chemical CEO on Trump's climate decision: 'Leaders don't leave tables, leaders stay'
Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris, who heads President Donald Trump's manufacturing council, told CNBC on Friday that he was "disappointed" with Trump's decision to leave the Paris climate agreement.
"[With] all the trends going on in the world generationally, we've got to invest in putting less carbon out into the atmosphere, and I think the United States is at the lead. So leaders don't leave tables, leaders stay. And that's the part that I'm disappointed at," the CEO told " Mad Money " host Jim Cramer.
Liveris stressed that Dow's position in the world is as a global business putting science and business solutions to work, and that being mindful of environmental concerns should fold into those goals.
"It's a new business model for all of us, sustainability," Liveris said.
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