Congress group holds 1st meeting on free-trade agreements with foreign countries

As negotiations between Morocco and the USA for the creation of a free-trade zone are set to start next fall, the newly-set up congressional oversight group held on Thursday its first meeting to look into negotiations of free trade agreements with Morocco and some central American countries.

US trade representative, Robert Zoellick, came to the Capitol to meet with the group, a panel created in the 2002 trade bill to allow House and Senate members to consult with the administration on trade negotiations.