RONALD REAGAN (1988): Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies—they are our allies. We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag. The expansion of the international economy is not a foreign invasion; it is an American triumph, one we worked hard to achieve and something central to our vision of a peaceful and prosperous world of freedom.