本书以情节为主的文章为课文蓝本，辅以国际组织的介绍，从而构成一个比较完整的整体。本教材涉及重要的全球性和区域性的国际经济贸易组织，兼收个别非经济类的全球性组织。

本教材共分十五课，每课包括热身问题、课文、词汇、注解、练习和补充读物等六个部分。我们采用报纸、杂志以及互联网提供的文章，经节选(但未作修改)后作为课文，每篇的长度在一千词左右，然后辅以注解，并配以练习编写而成，供已经掌握基础英语的学生使用，补充他们经贸方面的知识，同时提高他们的语言运用能力。

Unit 1 The International Monetary Fund i

Unit 2 The World Bank and China's Economic Growth

Unit 3 The WTO Under Fire

Unit 4 Lessons of Experience: Trade and Development Board Hears That One-Size-Fits-All Approach Doesn't Work

Unit 5 Dealing with the Global Jobs Crisis

Unit 6 The Economic Impact of SARS

Unit 7 World Heritage

Unit 8 A Day in the Life of an Interpol Intelligence Officer

Unit 9 The World Intellectual Property Organization

Unit 10 The World Customs Organization

Unit 11 The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

Unit I2 The European Union

Unit I3 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Unit I4 The North American Free Trade Agreement

Unit 15 Oil and the Global Economy