U.K., EU leaders to meet, discuss Brexit

LONDON » The leaders of Britain and the European Commission will make a last-minute push for a post- Brexit U. K.EU trade deal over dinner on Wednesday, with both sides warning that the chance of reaching agreement by a yearend deadline is slipping away.

With just over three weeks until an economic rupture that threatens upheaval for businesses on both sides of the English Channel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that she looked forward to welcoming U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Brussels on Wednesday evening.