Org 9.2 not inhibiting electric-pair-mode in the beginning of lines?

[Vladimir Nikishkin]

I used org 8 until recently, and it used to be that I could type "<"
at the beginning of a line, and it would be still a single "<" (thus
allowing the expansion of structured templates with TAB)

In org 9.2 electric-pair-mode seems to be working all the time.

What is the recommended way of making paired parentheses in org 9.2?

Shall I inhibit electric-pair-mode somehow myself, and instead rely on
org-cdlatex-mode?

What would be the correct incantation to put in the .emacs file?

Thanks!

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Yours sincerely, Vladimir Nikishkin