本书使用英文编写，力求与国际商会最新出版物《跟单信用证统一惯例600号》和《托收统一规则522号》等国际惯例同步。本书紧紧结合当前国际商务实际，编写了6个章节的基本内容，并有选择性地论述了共计16个典型案例，其中，信用证案例13个，托收案例2个，汇款案例1个，每一个案例均附有汉语注释和相关问题参考答案。另外，附件中的国际惯例均为中文版本。这样便于广大读者、教学者或学习者阅读、应用、理解与掌握。

Part 1 Introduction to International Settlement

 Chapter 1 Brief Introduction to Background Knowledge of International Settlement

 Chapter 2 Basic Negotiable Instruments and Terms of International Settlement

 Chapter 3 Remittance

 Chapter 4 Documentary Collection

 Chapter 5 Documentary Credit

 Chapter 6 Financing Methods Related to International Settlement

Part 2 Case Studies of International Settlement

 Chapter 1 Cases of L/C Based on UCP600

Case No. 1 The Case of the Unspecified Country of Origin..

Case No. 2 The Case of the Contingent Irrevocability of the Credit

Case No. 3 The Case of the Standby Credit and the Alleged Fraudulent Statement of Default

Case No. 4 The Case of the Automatic Extension of a Confirmation to a Credit

Case No. 5 The Case of the Error in the Transmission of Messages

Case No. 6 The Case of the Unauthorized Claiming Bank

Case No. 7 The Case of the Inconsistent Dating of Documents

Case No. 8 The Case of the Non-Documentary Condition

Case No. 9 The Case of Place of Presentation of Documen!and the Five-Day Time Limit

Case No. 10 The Case of Failure to Notify Discrepancies in the Documents

Case No. 11 The Case of the Rejected and Accepted Documents

Case No. 12 The Case of the Unreachable Negotiating Bank

Case No. 13 The Case of the Negotiation under Reserve

 Chapter 2 Cases of Collection Based on URC522

Case No. 1 The Case of Releasing Documents not against Payment in D/P

Case No. 2 The Case of D/P Changed into D/A

 Chapter 3 Cases of Remittance Brief

Case No. 1 The Case of T/T in International Trade

Part 3 Exercises on International Settlement

 Exercise 1: A Small Test on URC ICC Publication No.522 (1995 Version)

 Exercise 2: Exercises on Application for the New Standard Documentary Credit form(ICC Publication No. 516)

 Exercise 3: Exercises on Settlement

 Exercise 4: Exercises on Types of Documentary Credits

 Exercise 5: Exercises on Special Letters of Credit Based on the UCP600

 Exercise 6: Exercises on Credit Issuance

 Exercise 7: Exercises on Transport Documents

 Exercise 8: Exercises on Some Miscellaneous Documents

Answers to the Exercises

References