China began an anti-dumping investigation into the European Union brandy in January amid heightened trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels. The probe was extended in April, giving EU exporters more time to avoid hefty Chinese penalties.

The National Interprofessional Bureau of Cognac (BNIC), the cognac lobby, said in a statement that the absence of an agreement threatened to have “catastrophic effects” on its industry and region, warning that every day that passed without a resolution was painful.

“We expect full mobilisation of our government to avoid the definitive imposition of these tariffs on July 5,” BNIC said.

Separately, the French agriculture ministry said the two countries had signed two protocols to formalise an agreement to allow unaffected regions to continue poultry exports in the event of a bird flu outbreak in France and to provide access for French poultry and bird genetics to the Chinese market.