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Belgium May Look into ABI Payment Policy

Belgian Economy Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne has asked the competition authority to investigate whether Anheuser-Busch InBev has "abused its dominant position in delaying payments to suppliers," reports Reuters on Sunday. They are referring, of course, to ABI's less-than-popular 120 day payment policy."We must see whether malt producers, the suppliers of brewer AB InBev, are in a position that they have no other option. If that's the case then it could be abuse of a dominant position," Van Quickenborne told Belgian

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