Expanded trade opportunities have opened up for many U.S. industries, including the poultry industry in Georgia. Earlier this month, a coalition of 54 U.S. food and agricultural organizations sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging the U.S. and other Trans Pacific Partnership members to welcome Japan as a full member as soon as possible. Acting U.S. trade representative Demetrios Marantis lauded the unanimous decision from the 11 member countries to let Japan participate in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks.