EU Sees ‘Good Progress’ in Brexit Talks but UK Minister Says No-Deal More Likely

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier wearing a mask leaves a conference centre as talks continue between the EU and the UK in London on Nov. 12, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

The European Union said on Dec. 17 that ‘good progress’ was being made in talks on post-Brexit trade relations, but a British minister put chances of a free trade deal at below 50 percent.

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, said the talks had entered the “final stretch.”