The Chinese MOFCOM conditionally approves acquisition by the global Belgian beer producer of the US leading brewer (InBev / Anheuser-Busch)

On November 18 2008, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) approved the acquisition of U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. by Belgian InBev NV/SA. The approval was, however, granted subject to conditions. This is the first such decision to be made public since the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law came into force 1 August this year. The transaction,