Tripp Mickle
The top two lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust plan to hold a hearing to examine Anheuser-Busch InBev’s planned $104.2 billion takeover of SABMiller PLC. It is the first indication of regulatory scrutiny facing the global beer deal in the U.S.
“We want to know what the impact is on American consumers, how it affects small craft brewers to be able to get product to market and how would [AB InBev] ensure this wouldn’t have a major impact on price or market entry,” said Ms. Klobuchar. She added that the committee would likely call chief executives from AB InBev and other beer companies to testify.