A deal on post-Brexit relations is in sight in the coming hours.
European sources
make it known
.
According to the
Financial Times,
"progress in the Brexit talks gives hope for an imminent trade deal".
"British officials said that while the two sides are still discussing fisheries and other issues - including competition rules for a level playing field - an agreement would be possible as early as this evening, with Boris Johnson in close contact with the Commission President. European Ursula von der Leyen ", adds Ft.
The City newspaper also refers to some European diplomats according to whom "an agreement could be reached before the Christmas break", with one of them pushing to "foresee an agreement again tonight".
The Financial Times adds that "already this morning the negotiators of both sides were at work in the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels", recalling that "although the question of fishing has become a totem pole in Great Britain and other coastal states, including the France, the dispute concerns fishing quotas for a value of tens of millions of euros, a small fraction of the value of any commercial agreement ".
It is "possible but far from certain" that a post-Brexit trade agreement between Great Britain and the EU will be reached today.
A
Downing Street source
told
UK media.