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PULLING THE EMERGENCY CORD: President Joe Biden’s declaration of emergency yesterday preempting any new duties on solar imports for 24 months connected some important dots as to what, at least on paper, this ordeal is all about in the White House’s eyes (power shortages and climate goals) and what it isn’t about (the Commerce Department’s anti-circumvention inquiry.)