david frost for the uk and michel barnierfor the on. frost for the uk and michel barnier for the eu, on. david frost for the uk and michel barnierfor the eu, are getting around the table again in brussels. you must remember that a trade deal is for keeps, not just for christmas, and that a trade deal is for keeps, notjust for christmas, and i think the prime minister deserves praise for standing firm and not allowing large and compromise —— fudge, we may regret just to get a compromise —— fudge, we may regretjust to get a deal over the line. fishing rates, business competition rules and how ideal would be pleased are now familiar stumbling blocks. number 10 said that boris johnson was determined not to leave a ny johnson was determined not to leave any route to what they described as a third deal u ntested. described as a third deal untested. let's be clear. there was never any doubt that the promise to the british people was that there would be a treaty, quite frankly, there should be one already, this is not an ambitious deal that brit

lord frost for the uk, michel barnierfor the negotiators. uk, michel barnier for the eu. negotiators. lord frost for the uk, michel barnierfor the eu. what is quite striking as far as the timeline is concerned is that we already have a scheduled and publicly announced catch up chat, it is not quite the language of diplomacy, between ursula von der leyen and the prime minister on monday evening. in 48 hours' time. effectively they are setting another deadline. they will reconvene into day's time with the hope, that there has been some progress made between now and then. as things stand, there isa now and then. as things stand, there is a big gap. they will have to be compromise if we are going to get to the point by the end of monday where a deal looks possible. i guess there is the potential beyond monday that you could delay perhaps a little bit more, but not by much. what are these sticking points that are holding things back? lets look at fishing first. as a contribution to the uk economy, it is absolutely tiny. but symbolically it is hug

we know that the two chief negotiators for the two sides, lord frost for the uk, michel barnierfor lord for their political bosses to look at tomorrow evening, and it's got to a point in these trade talks now where basically, neither side think they can move further in line with the mandates they've been given by the politicians. it's really down to the politicians. it's really down to the politicians know. trade talks can go so far with officials and negotiators, but ultimately, some of the big calls have to be made by politicians coming to think that's what tomorrow evening will be about. it's about whether there is a political will to find about more compromise, to see if the three remaining issues, fisheries, trade rolls around competition and how any agreement is in forest if they can find some room to budge on them to try and get this deal over the line. got to say, a lot of people are pessimistic today, but we have been in this situation before and the hope is that tomorrow, borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen can do something that the negotiators couldn't. we will see what hap

david frost for the uk and michel barnierfor the eu are getting around the table again in brussels.at a trade deal is for keeps, notjust for christmas, and i think the prime minister deserves praise for standing firm and not allowing fudge and compromise we may later regret just to get a deal over the line. fishing rights, business competition rules, and how a deal would be policed, the now familiar stumbling blocks. number 10 said that borisjohnson was determined not to leave any route to what they described as a fair deal untested. let's be clear, there was never any doubt that the promise to the british people was that there would be a trade deal. quite frankly, there should be one already. this is not an ambitious deal that the government is seeking. it is now exactly three weeks until the brexit transition period ends. the uk and the eu have named this sunday as the new deadline, when a decision must be made on the future of these talks. jessica parker, bbc news. with me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, saying the talks are