Supply Chain Pain Lingers for Auto Shops Despite US-Iran Deal
🏭 SUPPLY CHAINS — The Strait reopens. The shelves don't refill overnight. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Small auto shops in Tokyo and Detroit ran dry on motor oil and paint during months of Hormuz closure — and pipeline economics don't reverse on signature day. Restocking requires tanker transits, port clearance, and distributor rebuilds that take weeks. The MOU delivers a geopolitical headline; it doesn't fix the inventory hole that squeezed margins for thousands of small operators since spring.
