14 Dez 2020 Jahr - Brexit: Trade deal deadline extended

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Post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and Brussels will continue into next week after negotiators were told to "go the extra mile".

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen released a brief joint statement following what they called a "useful" phone call on Sunday morning.

They said they "discussed the major unresolved topics" and that "despite the exhaustion" of many months of talks and multiple missed deadlines, it was "responsible" to keep trying to break the deadlock.

Mr Johnson later said "we're still very far apart on some key issues... but we're going to keep talking to see what we can do".

He added no-deal remains the "most likely" outcome and that while it has "advantages" such as "clarity and simplicity", "it's not where we wanted to get to". (Sky News)