Craft Brewers Join Antitrust Case Against Chilean Beer Giant CCU

Craft beer-makers in Chile are joining an antitrust suit against Latin American beverage giant Cia. Cervecerias Unidas SA in a bid to eliminate trade practices they say are stifling sales at bars and restaurants.

The South American country’s antitrust tribunal accepted a petition by the association of independent brewers, ACI, to join a case brought by competition authority FNE, court documents show. In a parallel case, a unit of Belgium’s Anheuser-Busch InBev is also suing CCU, part of a long-running legal battle between the two heavyweights in Latin America.