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Transcript. Panel 1, Debit’s office. A client holds a customs entry stamped IEEPA, crossed out in red. Client: “Struck down in February. So I’m clear?” Debit, red pencil in hand: “The crate didn’t move.” Panel 2, a shipping dock. One wooden crate, unmoved, with three tags: IEEPA crossed out, Section 122 marked expired 7/24, Section 301 marked in effect. Box: “Same goods. New cite. Section 301 took the night shift.” Panel 3, Debit at his desk, mug reading “It depends,” a calendar with October 6 circled for CAPE Phase 3. Client: “Refund tomorrow?” Debit: “If you sued. If it liquidated. It depends.”
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