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Pottstown keg maker got Trump administration to tax foreign rivals, then sells to German giant

The sale, one expert said, represented a “case study of protectionism shoring up, for a brief period, the value of an asset looking for a buyer.”

Frank Toaltoan working on a barrel keg at American Keg plant in Pottstown on Nov. 21, 2019. The Pottstown company, the only U.S. keg manufacturer that beat the drum of protecting U.S. manufacturing in a trade battle with German, Chinese, and Mexican manufacturers, has sold a “major stake” in its business to Germany’s Blefa.
Frank Toaltoan working on a barrel keg at American Keg plant in Pottstown on Nov. 21, 2019. The Pottstown company, the only U.S. keg manufacturer that beat the drum of protecting U.S. manufacturing in a trade battle with German, Chinese, and Mexican manufacturers, has sold a “major stake” in its business to Germany’s Blefa.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer
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