The main point: Ukraine has a preference / permission for joining the EU written into its current constitution. The EU has various rules about competition and markets, so…

The European Commission will make an assessment of the text, which could grant a preferential treatment to American companies, once there is a “concrete agreement with letters black on white,” Paula Pinho, the Commission’s chief spokesperson, said on Friday.

Now, if Trump’s team can write a text that adheres to EU competition rules, then Zelensky might give it the green light. But can they? Are they even thinking about it currently?