Just Hours Left to Agree Brexit Trade Deal, EU Negotiator Says

Just Hours Left to Agree Brexit Trade Deal, EU Negotiator Says
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier addresses the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 18, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via Reuters
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There are just a few hours left for the UK and the European Union to reach an agreement on post-Brexit trade relations, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday morning.

“We are at a moment of truth. We have very little productive time left for these negotiations, a few hours, if we want the agreement to come into force on Jan. 1,” Barnier told the European Parliament.