The exception eases trade tensions with Brussels as Beijing seeks to resolve a separate dispute over tariffs on Chinese-made ...

France on Friday praised steps taken by China to settle a long-running trade dispute concerning European brandies but warned ...

China will start charging up to 34.9% in duties on EU brandy from July 5, 2025, but most of France’s leading cognac makers ...

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The cuisine of France’s Charentais region is getting a shake-up, with gin production taking over ancient Cognac houses, and the brandy itself used in creative cocktails and jammy balsamic vinegar.

Christophe Fillioux's family estate in the cognac region of southwest France has survived for five generations, through wars and financial crises. U.S. President Donald Trump's decision this week ...

Pierre Louis Giboin's family have been making cognac for more than 200 years and have faced threats from war, the weather and pestilence. But never, until recently, from one of their best customers.

Like Champagne, Cognac is named for a specific region in France. Though both come from grapes, the two are otherwise quite ...

France's cognac producers weather climate change, tariffs. Mathilda Jordanova-Duda in Cognac, France. 05/19/2025 May 19, 2025. Cognac is considered by many to be the best brandy in the world.

Exporting roughly 97% of its production, France's cognac industry has always been reliant on international trade, said Bertrand Blancheton, economics professor at Bordeaux University.

Cognac exports to the U.S. last year roughly amounted to 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion). And the U.S is also France's top export market for wine: sales rose 8% last year to $2.3 billion last year ...