Love ART devices, and this one evidently has replaceable friction parts and will accomodate up to 13mm rope (with the replaceable friction "shoe"). I want one!
In a global economy, the Tariffs being proposed, will only increase our costs, and strengthen commerce by and between other nations. I remember when Japanese products were inferior, but the world economy has changed.
IF tariffs are imposed there is likely to be long term damage to our export markets across the board, as other countries turn to more open markets elsewhere, not to mention that Treasury bonds as an investment can be used as retaliation by countries which hold our debt.
It is common sensical to see that a global tit for tat tariff war will be unnecessarily destructive to trade in a global economy, and painful to both sides. The solution is not artificial imposed tariff wars, but rather to produce a product that is desirable because it has value in and of...