Have Bean paused tonight without an agreement less than a month before the transition period comes to an end.

The U.

K is lead negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michelle Barnier have said that significant divergences remain on that.

Boris Johnson and the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von Dir lion, will meet tomorrow to discuss the next steps.

Our deputy political editor, Vicky Young, reports Everything will soon be changing for this distribution company and thousands of others.

In just four weeks.

Goods going back and forth across the border with the EU will need extra paperwork on checks, some fear that could lead to a widespread disruption on congestion.

It's difficult enough getting in and out of the UK at the moment with the delays at the border crossing safaris.

If you're adding 8, 16, 12 hours, whatever that may be going forward, who's gonna pick up the costs?

Um, if it very well that if I will start turning and if we're not earning any money in Kent, they're preparing a park for 10,000 Lorries.

A trade deal with EU would mean businesses could buy and sell goods without paying taxes or tariffs.

But there will still be more checks, whether there's a deal or not.

What we get a deal.

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, has Bean in London all week important day determination.

But the UK has accused the EU of making last minute demands.

We want you to recognize that the UK is a sovereign and independent nation.

On it is on the basis of that that a deal will be done.

Uh, it is It is tricky, but we are working hard.

David Frost in this team are working incredibly hard on this in good faith.

Eso let's see where we get thio but they didn't get very far Tonight after another day of intensive talks, everything's on hold.

Ah joint statement on behalf of chief negotiators Lord Frost and Monsieur Barnier said the conditions for an agreement are not met due to significant divergences.

They agreed to pause the talks in order to brief their principles on the state of play of the negotiations.

There's a lot at stake on, the Irish prime minister says.

He fervently hopes there will be a deal given the enormous negative impact of covert 19 on our economic and social life.

The last thing our citizens need now is a second shock off the kind that a no deal Brexit would bring.

For example, if the UK government wants to give financial help to tech firms, will it need permission from the U?

Would there be a punishment if it went ahead anyway?

This is all about businesses on one side, not having an unfair advantage over their competitors the so called level playing field on.

Then there's fishing.

You countries want to guarantee that their boats can continue to operate in UK waters.

If not, you might make it much harder for us, too selfish to them.

France, like all its partners, has a veto, will conduct our own evaluation of a deal.

If one exists, that's normal.

We owe it to the French.

We owe it to our fishermen on toe.

Other economic sectors.

Tonight, discussions have stalled on.

No one's quite sure when the negotiators will be back larger than life optimism that a deal could be close to tonight.

The UK side, saying they've hit a big problem on the U.

Needs to be more flexible.

So it's time for the politicians to get involved.

Boris Johnson will speak to the president of the European Commission tomorrow.

Then that's being described me by one government insider as a high stakes moment.

It's a chance for a breakthrough, or it could be the end of the road.

Although I'm not getting that impression.

Remember, these moments of drama do often come just before so difficult compromises on.

Nobody's walking away yet.

All right, Vicky.

Thank you.

Vicky Young and our Europe editor, Katia Adler is in Brussels tonight, so they're calling it a pause.

Katia, what's your reading of this?

Well, John, you like so much during the Brexit negotiations, we can look at this in a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of way on the glass half full side.

Both sides still say that they want a deal and they want to work towards a deal.

So it really depends what steps they now take.

What?

How willing.

They are on both sides to compromise, to get a deal.

Don't forget, these compromises are difficult and their political So you could cynically say this crisis is quite useful for both sides to show to their domestic audience.

We have fought to the better ends before.

They then agree a deal on the glass half empty side, though there are clearly very big differences.

And it makes sense because the U and U.

K have approached these trade talks from very different directions.

The EU the priority has always been the single market.

They worry about UK competition.

They hope to bind the UK in a kind of common rule book like on government subsidies, for example.

But the U.

K after Brexit wants to be competitive, it wants to be nimble.

It doesn't want to tie its hands on it wants to hold on to as much sovereignty as possible.

So after all, this is a deal still possible?

Yes.

Is it definite?

No.

One thing is deferent definite on that neither side will sign up to a deal unless they believe they can sell it back home as a victory.

Alright, Kathy.

Yep.

Thank you.