Dr. Loren Yager
Loren Yager is currently serving as Director, International Affairs and Trade Team, of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, where he is responsible for International Trade and related issues. Dr. Yager directed GAO’s Office of the Chief Economist from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining GAO, Dr. Yager was an economic analyst at the RAND Corporation, where he authored studies on high-technology trade and U.S.-Japan trade policy issues. Dr. Yager has also held positions as an economist with the Aerospace Industries Association and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Dr. Yager has recently completed reports and Congressional Testimonies on topics including China Import Remedies, Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Intellectual Property Protection, Offshoring of U.S. Services, Terrorist Financing, the World Trade Organization, Illegal Textile Transshipment, China ’s WTO Compliance, the Maquiladora Industry, Container Security, and a variety of other subjects.