Five weeks ago, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo called President Zelenskiy. Citing Motor Sich, Pompeo said he “raised U.S. concerns regarding malign PRC [People’s Republic of China] investment in Ukraine.” Oleksiy Kusch, a Kyiv economist with the Growford Institute, tells the Nikkei: “The U.S. election creates a very narrow window to get this deal through since the Trump administration’s focus on Ukraine is weakened…Motor Sich is not going to be a priority for Trump or Biden for the next few months.”