Johnson and EC president to meet in last-ditch bid for Brexit trade deal

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Toby Melville/PA)

Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen look set to meet in person this week in a bid to break the stalemate in post-Brexit trade deal talks.

The British Prime Minister and Mrs von der Leyen spoke on the telephone on Monday evening, and agreed to ask their chief negotiators to prepare an overview of the “remaining differences”.