US President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law on November 28, 2019. The law aims to protect Hong Kong’s civil rights and allows diplomatic action and economic sanctions against those Washington views as suppressing freedoms in the city. Trump’s endorsement came nine days after the US Senate passed the bill on November 19.  Trump has also approved the Protect Hong Kong Act, which bans US exports of crowd-control gear such as tear gas and rubber bullets to…