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    Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are idling car factories and delaying new fashion. Will it get worse?

    by Paul Wiseman and Mae Anderson Jan 28, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Car factories have idled in Belgium and Germany. Spring fashion lines are delayed at a popular British department store. A Maryland company that makes hospital supplies doesn’t know when to expect parts from Asia.

    Attacks on ships in the Red Sea are delivering another shock to global trade, coming on top of pandemic-related logjams at ports and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    Houthi rebels in Yemen, seeking to stop Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza, are attacking cargo ships plying the waters connecting Asia with Europe and the United States, forcing traffic away from the Suez Canal and around the tip of Africa. The disruption is causing delays and driving up costs — at a time when the world has yet to vanquish a resurgence of inflation.

    “What’s happened right now is short-term chaos, and chaos leads

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