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our columnists discuss the rations in the nickel market and the dilemmas facing French

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Welcome back to the views room. I'm Peter Thalarsen, coming to you once again from London's

Canary Wharf.

The war in Ukraine is continuing to royal financial markets and up-end corporate strategies

around the world. This week, we're zooming in on two very interesting situations. The upheaval

in the trading of nickel, a key component for electric vehicle batteries, and the

decisions French oil giant Totoel and carmaker Renault will have to make about their investments

in Russia.

First, I talked to Breaking View's columnist George Hay in London and Yawan Chen in Hong Kong about

nickel. It's just over a week since the London Metal Exchange suspended trading in the metal after its

price doubled from $50,000 a ton to $100,000 a ton in one morning.

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