An Anheuser-Busch spokesman said last week that the St. Louis company "remains a dedicated and proud contributor to the U.S. economy. Less than a handful of keg producers around the world can meet the company’s capacity, quality, and timeliness requirements, and currently there is no producer in the United States that meets these criteria. Thus, for Anheuser-Busch and many other similar brewers in the United States, the only result of these duties will be increased cost of beer.”