France's national brandy trade bodies said "in substance, these developments do not alter the situation for Cognac exporters" ...

France’s foreign affairs minister says France and China are making progress toward resolving a trade dispute over cognac imports ...

But hope is not lost for lovers of fine French brandy. As with many French wine-and-spirits designations, cognac is the name of a place, and just to the south of Cognac, in Gascony, is Armagnac.