本书是国内首套按照《高等学校商务英语专业本科教学要求》（试行）编写的商务英语专业教材。教材以现代外语教育理念和教材设计理论为指导，结合商务英语语言和教学的特点，融合多年商务英语教学实践，由国内知名外语教学专家和长期从事商务英语教学的教授共同参与，联袂打造。
　　◆体现《教学要求》的培养目标，强调打好扎实的语言基本功，兼顾商务专业素质与人文素养的同步提升。编排和选材注重学生正确世界观和道德观的形成，注重思维能力、创新能力和跨文化交际能力的培养。
　　◆语言、文化与商务有机融合，注重商务英语技能和商务专业课程的合理衔接。学习任务设计丰富多样，有助于训练学生交际能力、自主学习能力和合作学习能力。
　　◆单元紧扣社会热点话题，难度合理递增，选文思想内涵深刻，可读性强，充分反映经济全球化时代的特点。
　　◆为教学提供多媒体资源，丰富的视频材料可增加语言学习的趣味性和输入的有效性，调动学生课堂参与的积极性；主干教程配套电子教案，方便实用，充分满足个性化教学需要。

Chapter 1 Introduction to International Trade Practice
　Section 1 Forms of International Business
　Section 2 Managing, Risks of International Business Transactions
　Section 3 Participants and Procedures of Import-Export Transactions
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Negotiating Business Contracts
　Section 1 Preparation for Negotiations
　Section 2 Structure and Sequence of Negotiations
　Section 3 Structure and Contents of Sales Contracts
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Formation of International Sales Contracts （CISG）
　Section 1 Structure and Contents of the CISG
　Section 2 Application of the CISG
　Section 3 Formation of International Sales Contracts
　Section 4 Formality Chapter 1 Introduction to International Trade Practice
　Section 1 Forms of International Business
　Section 2 Managing, Risks of International Business Transactions
　Section 3 Participants and Procedures of Import-Export Transactions
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Negotiating Business Contracts
　Section 1 Preparation for Negotiations
　Section 2 Structure and Sequence of Negotiations
　Section 3 Structure and Contents of Sales Contracts
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Formation of International Sales Contracts （CISG）
　Section 1 Structure and Contents of the CISG
　Section 2 Application of the CISG
　Section 3 Formation of International Sales Contracts
　Section 4 Formality
　Section 5 Electronic Commerce
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Trade Terms
　Section 1 Trade Terms and the Sales Contract
　Section 2 Incoterms 2000 Summary
　Section 3 Export Costing and Quoting
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Quality, Quantity and Packing of Commodity
　Section 1 Name of Commodity
　Section 2 Quality of Commodity
　Section 3 Quantity of Commodity
　Section 4 Packing of Commodity
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 International Payment
　Section 1 Payment Options
　Section 2 Bills of Exchange
　Section 3 Documentary Collections
　Section 4 Letters of Credit
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 International Cargo Transportation
　Section 1 Modes of Transport
　Section 2 Freight Rates
　Section 3 Shopping Documents
　Section 4 Terms of Shipment
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 8 Cargo Insurance
　Section 1 Marine Insurance
　Section 2 China Insurance Clauses
　Section 3 Institute Caroo Clauses
　Section 4 Insurance Clauses In a Contract of Sale
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 9 Going through Customs
　Section 1 Introduction to Trade Documents
　Section 2 Declaring to the Customs
　Section 3 Customs Duly and Payment
　Section 4 Customs Valuation of Imports and Exports
　Section 5 Classification of Goods
　Section 6 EU Customs Declaration
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 10 Documentation
　Section 1 Introduction to Trade Documents
　Section 2 Transaction Documents
　Section 3 Transport Documents
　Section 4 Export Documents
　Section 5 Import Documents
　Section 6 Banldn Documents
　Section 7 Special Documents
　Section 8 Electronic Documents
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 11 International Commercial Dispute Resolution
　Section 1 Disputes and Claims
　Section 2 Alternative Dispute Resolution
　Section 3 Litigation
　Section 4 WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures
　Chapter Summary
Chapter 12 Intellectual Property Rights
　Section 1 Intellectual Property Rights
　Section 2 The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
　Chapter Summary
Appendices
　1. Bibliography
　2. Table of Cases
　3. Table of Documents