Barnier is still in London. He is at the limit of his (very restrictive) mandate and is expected to head back to Brussels tomorrow for talks. France has flourished its veto https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/dont-block-brexit-trade-deal-ireland-tells-france-zm6q2csfb

This was never a conventional trade deal. It has always been about politics and the EU’s attempt to be a power bloc, red in tooth and realpolitik claw
EU is finding it difficult to digest idea of a large, advanced neighbour that is not a supplicant

It is appearing quite likely that EU would rather have no deal than allow the UK to have the same autonomy that, for example, Canada has with the US