The law, which is yet to be implemented, has drawn the ire of US President Donald Trump, who sees it as discriminating against white farmers.
told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, details of the trade will be "ironed out" once Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump speak, but he did not say exactly when that conversation is expected."What China is doing is they are holding back products that are essential for the industrial supply chains of India, of Europe. And that is not what a reliable partner does," Bessent said.
The Treasury Secretary claimed China could be withholding some products because of a "glitch", or he said it could be "intentional" - but the administration would not know for sure until a call with both countries happened.On Friday, China urged the US toWhite House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told ABC News on Sunday that Trump and Xi are expected to talk this week, and said "both sides have expressed a willingness to talk".
"The bottom line is that we've got to be ready in case things don't happen the way we want," Hassett said of the expected China talks. "Because if we have cannons without cannonballs, then we can't fight a war.""We have to have a steel industry that's ready for American defence," he said.
Despite being 90 years of age, the Royal Navy veteran says he still has a "burning fire" inside him.
He believes he was "robbed" of the military pension he deserved and has been fighting to have it corrected since the 1980s."The US Constitution, for instance, provides that the government can seize private property for public use so long as 'just compensation' is provided," it added.
The government hopes so.University of Western Cape land expert Prof Ruth Hall told the BBC that more than 80,000 land claims remain unsettled.
In the eastern regions of South Africa, many black people work on farms for free – in exchange they are allowed to live there and keep their livestock on a portion of the owners' land, she said.The government wants to transfer ownership of this land to the workers, and it was "unfair" to expect it to pay the market value, Prof Hall added.