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

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Open this photo in gallery: Shoppers pass a branch of British retail chain Marks & Spencer in London on Aug. 18, 2020.Kirsty Wigglesworth/The 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...