EU trade deal is there to be done but UK would still prosper without, says Boris Johnson

Fishing rights, state aid and governance continue to be vexed issues between the two sides as they look to ratify a new trading relationship

Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on The Andrew Marr Show (Jeff Overs/BBC/PA)

Boris Johnson has said a UK-EU trade deal is “there to de done” but highlighted the UK could “prosper mightily” if no deal is reached, as the two sides agreed to intensify talks.

British Prime Minister Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen spoke via video conference on Saturday to take stock of progress in the negotiations following the final scheduled round of talks between Brussels and the UK this week.