Well, there's just a fortnight and a day to go until Boris Johnson's deadline for a trade deal to be finalised between the UK and the EU.

The talks are back on again this week. And if we know one thing about negotiations in Brussels,

it's that they more often than not tend to run right up to the wire. So is this really crunch time?

John? It's crunchy enough, to be honest, because even if it's not the 15th of October as being the deadline,

remember, you know, the transition period ends by force of law on the 1st of January,

and all sorts of things flow from that.

And if there is to be a deal, then we need to be in a position where that gets ratified

and other things are put

in place before the 1st of January. So even it's not the 15th of October, we are now into a time

period where a dealer no deal has to become clear really quite quickly. Jess? I think the same

stumbling box remain in the negotiations that have have been in place throughout

the period but only those that are in the room really know what's going on and how close we are

to a deal newton no the EU is determined to make a point that it's deadline it's real deadline is

the end of October so they're really going to stick to that and Naomi realistically the last

opportunity to sign a deal and really dot the eyes on it have already

had the details nailed down is early November. But they will need every single day before that

to actually overcome the complexities that are needed to in order to get a deal.

Well, we're recording this edition of Red Lines on Wednesday afternoon.

And as things stand, the Boris Johnson deadline is two weeks tomorrow.

This Friday could well give us a sense of whether or not Michelle Barnier and Lord Frost have a deal in their sights

or if there's still a lot of work to do.

We've just heard the thoughts of our business and economics editor John Campbell,

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