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The same is true of COVID-19, which disrupted just-in-time deliveries by shutting down factories around the world. Instead, the uncertainty caused by Trumps trade war and COVID-19 supply chain disruptions paralyzed corporate decisionmakers, and though more than 600 U.S. manufacturers opted to return to the United States this year,  the number is down by one-third compared with 2018. "A lot of companies are like frozen deer in the headlights," said Jim Tomkins, chairman of Tomkins Internat...