Robert KOOPMAN

Bob Koopman is currently Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer at American Universities School of International Service where his research focuses on the impact of trade and trade policy on economic development and growth. Bob previously served as the Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization and an Adjunct Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva from 2014 to 2022. At the WTO Bob served as Chief Economic Counsellor to the Director General, and provided the WTO Secretariat and Member Countries with analysis and information that promoted a deeper understanding of trade and trade policy’s role in economic growth and development. Bob also served as the WTO representative to the G20 Trade and Investment Working Group and the G20 Framework Group. He is a research associate of CEPR, London, serves on numerous advisory boards, and is an editor of the Springer Series on Advances in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling. Bob also previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Economist at the United States International Trade Commission. Bob also previously served as Deputy Administrator for Economic and Community Systems at what is now the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, USDA, and various research leadership and analyst positions at the Economic Research Service of USDA from 1985 to 1999.