European court blocks US government from Apple tax case

Commissioner Margrethe Vestager at a news conference on Ireland’s tax dealings with Apple at the EC in 2016. Photo: Reuters

Stephanie Bodoni

The United States government has lost a bid to join Apple's court fight against the European Union order that the tech giant must pay Ireland a record €13bn tax settlement.

The EU's highest court yesterday rejected the US request, its press service announced on Twitter. A lower court had dismissed the request in December, saying the American government failed to show it had a direct interest in the result of the state-aid case.