British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is "every opportunity" for a trade deal to take place before the December 31 deadline.
Speaking during his weekly Prime Minister's Questions event in the British parliament, he told lawmakers: "There's every opportunity, every hope that I have, that our friends and partners across the Channel will see sense and do a deal, and all that that takes is for them to understand that the UK has a natural right like every other country to want to be able to control its own laws and its own fishing grounds.
"Whatever happens in the next few days, I know that this country will prosper mightily on the terms that we agree with our European friends whatever they may be, whether they're Australian or Canadian, we can go forward with a high heart and confidence into 2021 knowing that there are great opportunities for Scotland and the rest of the UK."
