Brexit talks were already going down to the wire before Covid-19 struck the negotiating team. With just six weeks to go until the UK faces crashing out of the EU without a trade deal, the two sides had been meeting in Brussels to try to reach an agreement.
The need for any deal to be approved by the European Parliament and member states means there is very little time left for negotiations.
The major issues in the talks remain access to UK fishing waters, the "level playing field" designed to prevent unfair competition on issues including state subsidies and the governance arrangements for any agreement.
Going into this round of negotiations in Brussels Lord Frost said there had been "some progress in a positive direction in recent days"
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