Finbarr Bermingham and John Carter from the SCMP political economy team peel back the reality of Trump signing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, chew over a heavy rumour about a January meeting for Xi and Trump, and there's a major announcement from China - it's pivoting from the US to Europe. SCMP correspondent for the European Union, Stuart Lau calls in with an update on what complications lie ahead for that relationship.