K and the European Union have agreed to push negotiations for an elusive trade deal beyond a Sunday deadline, despite downbeat assessment on the state of the talks from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

I'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things, but where there's life, there's hope we're gonna keep talking to see what we could do.

The UK certainly won't be walking away from the talks.

I think people would expect us toe to go the extra mile.

Johnson and the president of the EU commissioner Sel of underlying, had given negotiators a Sunday deadline to avert Britain exiting the EU with a turbulent no deal at the end of the month.

The two sides have struggled to agree on fishing rights in British waters, while that you also demands that Britain face consequences if in the future it diverges from the blocks rules for fair competition what it calls a level playing field.

Even if a deal is secured.

The British government has warned long queues could be held at ports in southeast England if companies do not prepare the extra paperwork required.

The UK quit the EU in January but remains an informal member until December 31st.

Crossing into 2021 without a trade deal will likely damage economies, send shockwaves through financial markets and sow chaos in the delicate supply chains across Europe and beyond.

When the lion said it was responsible to keep trying for an agreement despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations on despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over, we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile.

Politicians in France have also urged composure after Britain's Ministry of Defense said four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on January, the first to help protect Britain's fishing waters in the event of no deal.