本书选自2007年第6版，涵盖了全球化、贸易理论、贸易政策工具、政府干预对国际贸易的影响等内容。本书具有如下特色：结构鲜明，注重实证检验和吸收国际贸易的最新研究成果；强调提升理论层次，尤其是对一些新的国际贸易理论，作者都作了相应的评述。文笔老道、行文流畅也是查尔斯·希尔的一大特色。本书不仅适合工商管理、国际贸易以及英语等专业先作教材，同时也可作为跨国公司及涉外企业商务人士的案头参考书。

本书从第3版开始一直是全球国际商务领域使用最广泛的图书。全书共分3章：全球化；国际贸易理论；国际贸易的政治经济学。文中给出了传统的贸易理论、最新的贸易理论及实际中应用的最优贸易理论。该书阐述了全球化如何降低了成本，促进了市场的成熟度。同时，该书也说明了各国如何通过贸易政策工具对本国贸易进行保护，以及政府干预对国际贸易的影响。

本书适用于国际贸易、工商管理以及英语专业选作教材，也可作为从事或将从事国际贸易的专业人士的参考读物。

CHAPTER 1 Globalization

Opening Case

The Globalization of Health Care

Introduction

What Is Globalization?

The Globalization of Markets

The Globalization of Production

The Emergency of Global Institutions

Drivers of Globalization

Declining Trade and Investment Barriers

The Role of Technological Change

Country Focus: Ecuadorean Valentine Roses

The Changing Demographics of the Global

Economy

The Changing WOrM Output and Worm Trade Picture

The Changing Foreign Direct Investment Picture

The Changing Nature of the Multinational Enterprise

Management Focus

China's Lenovo Acquires IBM's PC Operations

The Changing Worm Order

The Global Economy of the 21st Century

The Globalization Debate

Antiglobalization Protests

Globalization, Jobs, and Income

Globalization, Labor Policies, and the Environment

Globalization and National Sovereign

Country Focus

Protesting Globalization in France

Globalization and the WorM's Poor

Managing in the Global Markelace

Chapter Summary

Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions

Research Task

Closing Case

Wipro Ltd-The New face of Global

Competition

CHAPTER 2 International Trade Theory

Opening Case

International Trade in Information Technology

Hardware and U.S. Economic Growth

Introduction

An Overview of Trade Theory

The Benefits of Trade

The Pattern of International Trade

Trade Theory and Government Policy

Mercantilism

Absolute Advantage

Comparative Advantage

The Gains from Trade

Qualifications and Assumptions

Extensions of the Ricardian Model

Country Focus

Moving U.S. White-Collar Jobs Offshore

Management Focus

Free Trade and REI

Heckscher-Olin Theory

The Leontie Paradox

The Product Life-Cycle Theory

Evaluating the Product Lift-Cycle Theory

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CHAPTER 3 The Political Economy of Interna-tional Trade