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Larry Summers: Paris Accord Withdrawal 'Biggest U.S. Foreign Policy Error' Since Iraq War

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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers in 2015. (Rob Kim/Getty Images)
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers in 2015. (Rob Kim/Getty Images)

When President Trump announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, he explained that it was because the agreement is bad for American workers and is harming the U.S. economy.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Larry Summers (@LHSummers), former U.S. treasury secretary and president emeritus of Harvard University, about what Trump's decision means for the country and the economy.

This segment aired on June 2, 2017.

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