European diplomats say a Brexit trade deal has been tentatively agreed. As Brussels and London prepare to hold news conferences later Thursday, an EU official has warned final talks may still have "some hours to run."
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to hold another crisis call, as talks over a post-Brexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and European Union go down to the wire.
The pair are set to speak on Wednesday or Thursday, sources within the bloc told Reuters news agency, in a bid to resolve continuing disagreements over fishing rights and competition rules.
Both sides are keen to avert a turbulent divorce at the end of this year, when the Brexit transition period ends on December 31.
But while they say they are keen to strike an agreement on future trading relations before then, negotiations have been mired in deadlock since the UK formally left the EU on January 31.