本教材的特点是每章开篇对整章内容有中文提示，文中有小标题提示内容的中心思想，章后附有注释对难点和重点进行解释，这样，既适合中国老师的教学习惯，又能满足学生的阅读习惯，有利于双语教学的顺利开展和教学质量的提高。

本书分5章介绍世界贸易组织(WTO)的产生及运行机制、WTO的基本原则、WTO的有关协议、WTO贸易政策审议机制和争端解决机制、发展中国家在世贸组织中的状况，书后附有WTO成员国名单、WTO的缩略语和术语。本书内容适合48学时的授课，可作为经贸专业的本科生、研究生的教材使用，也可供经济界学者参考阅读。

Chapter 1 The Establishment and Operating System of the WTO

 1.1 The Establishment of the WTO

 1.1.1 The GATF years: from Havana to Marrakesh

 1.1.2 The Uruguay Round 

 1.1.3 The post-Uruguay Round built-in agenda

 1.2 The Status, Purpose, Objectives and Functions of the WTO

 1.2.1 Status of the WTO

 1.2.2 The purpose of the WTO

 1.2.3 The objectives of the WTO

 1.2.4 The functions of the WTO

 1.2.5 Differences between GATF and WTO

 1.3 Scope of the WTO

 1.4 Structure of the WTO

 1.4.1 The Ministerial Conference

 1.4.2 The General Council iri three guises

 1.4.3 Councils for each broad area of trade, and more

 1.4.4 Committees

 1.4.5 Plurilateral Committee

 1.4.6 The Secretariat and director-general

 1.5 Decision-making of the WTO

 1.5.1 Decisions taken by consensus

 1.5.2 Levels of authority

 1.6 Membership of the WTO

 1.6.1 Original membership

 1.6.2 Accession to the WTO

 1.6.3 How to join the WTO: the accession process

 1.6.4 Withdrawal from the WTO

 1.7 Relationship with Other Main Organizations and Regionalism

 1.7.1 Summary on other organizations

 1.7.2 Relationship with regionalism

 Questions

 Notes

Chapter 2 Principles of the WTO

 2.1 Trade without Discrimination

 2.1.1 Most- favoured- nation (MFN)

 2.1.2 National treatment: treating foreigners and locals equally

 2.2 Freer Trade: Gradually, through Negotiation

 2.2.1 Trade barriers

 2.2.2 The result of negotiations

 2.3 Predictability: through Binding and Transparency

 2.3.1 Purpose of predictability

 2.3.2 Predictability through binding

 2.3.3 Predictability through transparency

 2.4 Promoting Fair Competition

 2.5 Encouraging Development and Economic Reform

 2.5.1 Contribution to developing countries in the WTO

 2.5.2 Commitment fulfilled by developing countries

 2.5.3 Measures to encourage development and economic reform

 Questions

 Notes

Chapter 3 The Agreements of the WTO

 3.1 Agreements for Trade in Goods

 3.1.1 Tariffs: more bindings and closer to zero

 3.1.2 Agriculture: fairer markets for farmers

 3.1.3 Standards and safety

 3.1.4 Textiles: back in the mainstream

 3.1.5 Anti-dumping, subsidies, safeguards: contingencies, etc

 3.1.6 Non-tariff barriers : red tape, etc

 3.1.7 Plurilaterals: of minority interest

 3.2 Agreement for Trade in Service

 3.2.1 The background for GATS

 3.2.2 Main content of GATS

 3.2.3 General obligations and disciplines

 3.2.4 The annexes: services are not all the same

 3.3 Agreement for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

 3.3.1 Scope of intellectual property

 3.3.2 International protection of intellectual property and TRIPS

 3.3.3 Summary on TRIPS

 Questions

 Notes

Chapter 4 The Policy Review and Settling Dispute

 4.1 Trade Policy Review

 4.1.1 Ways to keep trade policies transparent

 4.1.2 Trade Policy Review Body

 4.2 Settling Dispute

 4.2.1 Summary on dispute settlement mechanism

 4.2.2 Scope of jurisdiction of DSM

 4.2.3 WTO bodies involved in the dispute settlement process

 Questions

 Notes

Chapter 5 Developing Countries

 5.1 Overview

 5.1.1 In the agreements: more time, better terms

 5.1.2 Legal assistance: a secretariat service

 5.1.3 Least-developed countries: special focus

 5.1.4 A "maison"in Geneva: being present is important, but not easy for all

 5.2 Committees

 5.2.1 Trade and Development Committee

 5.2.2 Subcommittee on Least-Developed Countries

 5.2.3 The Doha agenda committees

 5.3 WTO Technical Cooperation

 5.3.1 Mission, objective and subjects

 5.3.2 Training, seminars and workshops

 5.4 Some Issues Raised

 5.4.1 Participation in the system: opportunities and concerns

 5.4.2 Erosion of preferences

 5.4.3 The ability to adapt: the supply-side

 Questions

 Notes

References

Appendix

 Appendix 1 Current WTO Members

 Appendix 2 Abbreviations

 Appendix 3 Glossary

 Appendix 4 Reading Materials