Covid disruptions, Trump Tariffs make U.S. manufacturers pine for home
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 Trump's 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 International, a North Carolina consulting firm that helps manufacturers decide whether to bring their ope...
Source: azcentral.com