i trace how we see that in his personal rise, how it underguarded his politics and policies. everything important including his opposition to slavery. what lessons can we learn from that in a country that i believe is experiencing a crisis. >> how is that opportunity principle then form and get formed by the civil war? >> well, he really had two big, grand economic and social ambitions. going right back to when he grew up. he grew up a blighted -- i shouldn't say blighted, limited, rustic economy. he. s to blow that up through canals, railroads, steam boats, things that connect those backwoods to the markets so we have a more diverse economy where people with diverse interests and tall ens have various ways to rise. the other element of it is opposition to slavery. obviously, it blights the opportunity of an entire class of people by definition and also blights the opportunity of poor whites in south who can't compete with the plantations that have the advantage, the brutal and horrible advantage of being anyone to used forced gang labor, which is awful, but is highly efficie

we rely on the ip, intellectual property that underguards that. and i know t a great concern to the administration and frankly people in both party, but there's a concern going forward we're not going have the protections we should have for our own intellectual property. you have seen numbers like this. when it comes to a particular product, sometimes it can cost as much as $1.3 billion of investment on average ten to fifteen years of work to develop i.t. i want to make sure we have a strong set of preaces as possible -- protections as possible. we have a fairly broad based agreement on as long of a term as possible of the data exclusivity of the twelve-year consensus, i would argue. and just want to ask about your work with trade representative upon corp. make when you work make sure that we have those kinds of prerks -- protections in place for that term of years. >> senator casey, i fully agree that our innovation is central part of the comparative advantage. we need through the trade agreement ensure that we are protecting our intellectual pro

we rely upon the ip, the intellectual property that underguards that advantage we have. i know, it's of great concern to the administration and frankly people in -- seen you seen numbers like this i'm when it comes to a particular product it could cost as much as $1.3 million on investment on average of ten to fifteen years to work to woght develop. i wanted to make sure we have a strong set as possible. i think fairly broad based agreement on a as long-term as possible of data exclusivity of the twelve-year consensus, i would argue. and just want to ask you about your work as trade representative upon conformation. will you work to make sure we have those kinds of protections in place for that term of years? >> senator casey. , i agree our innovation is central part of our comparative advantage of our nation. and economy. we need ensure that we offer the intellectual property as to the highest possible standards. and through tpp, as one example, we are working to ensure that there high standards for intellectual property. we have begun the process with the tpp partner e