Why is a Brexit Deal Becoming More Likely?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Europe adviser David Frost and the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier met face-to-face for the first time since the coronavirus crisis started on Monday to thrash out a post-Brexit trade deal. The pandemic forced UK and EU negotiators to hold virtual talks.

The meeting comes just a day after it was announced that Mr. Frost would replace Sir Mark Sedwill as national security adviser.

Johnson remains optimistic that a UK-EU free trade deal can be agreed by the end of July, but if the agreement has any hope of being ratified before the end of the year, then all negotiations must be completed by the end of October.