French Cognac Producers Push for Deal on China Dumping Probe

  • Cognac producers issue statement before Xi visit to Paris
  • LVMH’s Arnault has said he hopes trade tensions can quiet down

A Hennessy flagship store in a mall in Shanghai.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Cognac makers hit with allegations of dumping French brandy in China called for a deal to end the dispute ahead of President Xi Jinping’s state visit to France.

The summit on May 6 offers a “unique opportunity for an agreement,” the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac, an industry association, said in a statement Thursday.