worst recession in 3 centuries is boris johnson teetering on the brink of a brig's a disaster stephen norman c.e.o. of british car manufacturer vauxhall recently commented. you know. michel barnier the e.u. representative in free trade talks with britain is losing his patience to the agreement should have been reached by the end of the year but now the talks have become so bogged down that a further postponement seems likely boris johnson could ask for an extension but time is set to run out on june 30th. if he doesn't apply for an extension it will result in a no deal brigs it with customs duties supply bottlenecks and another round of long debates in the british parliament. more talk to only hope he's executive director of the german british chamber of industry and commerce and joins me from london thanks for being with us mr hopewell are you confident that there will be a viable trade deal between the e.u. and britain. i'm not overly confident that there will be a viable trade deal think there's more than 50 percent chance that we'll end up with a no deals in audio and it will not be in a