BEIJING — China on Wednesday said it would extend its anti-dumping probe into brandy imported from the European Union due to the case's "complexity", prolonging a trade standoff between Beijing and Brussels. China in January launched an investigation into certain EU brandy imports after the bloc un»»»

China accuses Brussels of protectionism, EU says Chinese subsidies are unfair. The European Union plans to impose harsh new tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, which Beijing has said is pure protectionism. There is division, too, in the EU about the plan among German and other automakers hig»»»