… with a deal on Oct. 31. In the four-page letter, he said, “I very much hope that we will be leaving with a deal. You … far as possible before the end of the transition period [i.e., before Dec. 31, 2020 or, if extended, Dec. 31, 2021 or … we can probably find [a solution] in the coming two years [i.e., in the negotiation of the future relationship that …