Apple Inc. lost its court fight over a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax bill, in a boost to the European Union’s crackdown on special deals doled out by nations to big companies. The court ruled that a lower court win for Apple should be overturned, because judges incorrectly decided that the commission’s regulators had made mistakes in their assessment. The European Court of Justice’s decision comes hours after the company unveiled new products to revitalize its iPhone, Apple Watch and Air Pod lineups. The Irish government said that the Apple case “involved an issue that is now of historical relevance only,” adding that its position has always been that it “does not give preferential tax treatment to any companies or taxpayers.” The case stems back to 2016 when the European Commission ordered Ireland to recover up to 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in back taxes from Apple. The Commission said at the time Apple had received “illegal” tax benefits from Ireland over the course of two decades.