Barry Solarz
Senior Vice President
American Iron and Steel Institute
Barry Solarz is the senior vice president of trade and economic policy at the American Iron and Steel Institute. Solarz joined AISI in January 1982. Prior to that, he worked as an international economist at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ Office of Trade Policy, and as a political/economic risk analyst at the Brookings Institution for Mr. Helmut Sonnenfeldt, former Political Counselor at the U.S. State Department. At AISI, Solarz helps to develop the trade and economic policy positions of AISI’s member companies, and advises U.S. government agencies, other industries and the general public of AISI’s views. In that capacity, he staffs the Institute’s Council of U.S. Producers and North American Steel Council, serves as an official advisor to the U.S. government on trade policy (ITAC-12) and at OECD meetings, and represents AISI on IISI’s Economic Studies Committee and the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM’s) International Economic Policy and Tax and Budget Policy Committees. He often works closely with other industries through coalitions, such as the Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws (to defend and enhance trade laws), the China Currency Coalition (to end currency manipulation) and the NAM (to implement a broad-based pro-manufacturing agenda).