本书包括国际贸易、关贸协定、国际商法、外汇与证券交易、国际企业管理等方面的内容。在选材时注意内容的多样性和趣味性、规律性与实用性，力求使读者对有关问题有个较清楚的了解。本书除对难懂的词语、有关背景知识作必要的注释，加注汉语外，每个单元配有习题问答、句子翻译、段落英译汉、汉译英和补充阅读，同时还附有练习的参考答案。该书部分内容曾在天津财经学院国际经济本科生中试用，取得较满意的效果。本书适合于财经院校外贸、经济合作、企业管理、国际经济等专业高年级学生、或从事对外经济贸易的企业干部，上述专业的研究生作英语阅读教材。

Lesson One China,the titan stirs

Lesson Two U.S China Trade:Trends and Prospects

Lesson Three The U.S. Economy/semiannual Forecast Growth:Slow But Picking Up

Lesson Four Are Your Management System Thorough and Effective

Lesson Six The TRIPS Negotiations of the Uruguay Round of GATT and the chinese Intellectual Property System

Lesson Seven The Challenge of High Technology

Lesson Eight Still time to Reach for the Brass Ring

Lesson Nine A Coming Surge in Cqpital Spending

Lesson The Preparing for the Year 2000(Part A)

Lesson Eleven Prepqring for thge Year 2000(Part B)

Lesson Twelve Overseas Business Law(Part A)

Lesson Thirteen Overseas Business Law(part B)

Lesson Fourteen Civil war Arthur Andersen

Key to the Exercises

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ex dividend 不包括股利，除息，无股息；

ex factory 工厂交货价；

es pit 场外交易

automatic teller machines:自动出纳机