Brexit Negotiators Drawing Close to U.K.-EU Trade Agreement
- Officials increasingly hopeful deal could be struck Wednesday
- Talks are continuing as U.K. and EU haggle over fishing rights
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Negotiators are drawing closer to a historic post-Brexit trade deal between the U.K. and European Union, with officials increasingly hopeful an accord could be struck as soon as Wednesday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen intervened personally in recent days, holding several phone conversations in a last-ditch bid to reach an agreement before the U.K. leaves the single market at the end of the month.