本书题材广泛。涉及国际贸易、金融证券、商务法律、商务交际和电子商务等各个领域。多数文章以轻松活泼的风格为主。反映了商务领域的新知识和热门话题。全书由12个单元组成。每一个单元有一个主题，设计有2篇课文，另有快速阅读和辅助阅读材料，课后附有练习，便于学生使用本书，提高英语阅读水平。

“21世纪实用商务英语系列教材”为国家高等教育百项精品教材建设项目，是为适应21世纪经济全球化，培养国际型商务人才的需要而编写的。《国际经贸英语阅读》是该系列教材之一。

本书题材广泛，涉及国际贸易、金融证券、商务法律、商务交际和电子商务等各个领域；内容新颖、富有时代感。

本书可供普通高等学校、高等专科学校商务英语专业、对外经贸专业的学生使用，亦可作为非商务英语专业学生的阅读课本及从事国际商务经贸工作人员的参考书。

Unit 1 The wodd Economy

 Text A The Changing world Economy

 Text B Globalization：An Emerging Wrorld Culture

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 2 The GATT and WTO

 Text A Activities of GATT

 Text B The Wrorld Trade Organization

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 3 Business Law

 Text A Legal Environment of Business

 Text B Consumer Law

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 4 International Trade

 Text A Unique Problems in International Trade

 Text B The Wrorld Bank and the International Monetary Fund

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 5 Securities

 Text A Stocks and Bonds(Ⅰ)

 Text B Stocks and Bonds(Ⅱ)

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 6 Advertisement

 Text A The Advertising Standards Authority：An Advertising Watchdog

 Text B Advertising

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 7 Knowledge Economy

 Text A Knowledge Economy

 Text B New Zealand's Competitors in the Knowledge Economy

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 8 Automobiles

 Text A Sorry，Officer，I Was Just Stating

 Text B Audi Stories Behind the Four Rings

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 9 Investment

 Text A The New Land of Opportunity

 Text B China's Overseas Investment

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 10 E-Commerce

 Text A A Consumer's Guide to E-Payments

 Text B Technologies Can Take-off Fast

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 11 Trade and Technology

 Text A International Countertrade

 Text B China's Technology Trade and Development of Hi-Tech Sectors

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Unit 12 Housing

 Text A Housing Maxket

 Text B Social Security Privatization—Tax Increases

 Fast Reading

 Supplementary Reading

Appendix

 Ⅰ.Glossary

 Ⅱ.Special Terms

 Ⅲ.国际经济组织、条约与商品交易所

 Ⅳ.世界著名企业

 Ⅴ.世界主要货币名称

Keys to the Exercises