What the EU and U.K. Agreed to on Brexit

Leaders of the European Union ratified two documents that define Britain’s divorce from the EU and set out parameters for future—and necessary—negotiations

Laurence Norman and

Max Colchester

Nov. 25, 2018 12:13 p.m. ET

European leaders signed off on a Brexit deal on Sunday, which sets out the terms of the U.K.’s divorce from the bloc and seeks to shape the future relationship.

There are two parts: a 585-page withdrawal agreement that is legally binding on both sides and a nonbinding 36-page statement of principles setting out parameters of future trading, economic and security relations.

Both...