Biden will visit the United Kingdom and Brussels on his first trip abroad as US president

Joe Biden will travel to the UK and Belgium on his first trip abroad as US president in June, while trying to rejuvenate transatlantic relations during the time of former President Donald Trump.

The White House has said it will attend the Biden G7 summit in Cornwall, UK, and will hold bilateral meetings with other leaders, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The president will then attend a NATO summit in Brussels before attending the US-EU summit.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden’s trip will “strengthen” the U.S.’s commitment to multilateralism, as well as the principle of NATO and collective defense.

The Biden administration wants to make it clear that the revival of the Western military alliance has been weakened by attacks such as Trump, criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron and tensions over Turkey.

He made his first official trip to Brussels in March with US Secretary of State Antony Blink he vowed to be resurrected Washington had ties to NATO allies.

In the UK, Biden will study public health, economic recovery and climate change, according to the White House. The EU-US summit will address the same issues, along with digital cooperation and trade, and “mutual foreign policy concerns”.

Washington, Brussels and London have been fighting to reach an agreement on a long-running trade dispute over aircraft subsidies. Last month the three sides merged suspension of penalty rates while following conversations with each other for four months.

The US has also opposed Europe and the UK tax on digital services, and threatened to escalate trade tensions imposing tariffs on imports from countries with tax measures on digital services.

Overall, the US and the EU have agreed to work together to address China’s growing demand, and are committed to relaunching talks such as human rights and national security issues.

In March, it was imposed by the US, the EU, the UK and Canada penalties He sparked an immediate outcry over China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in a coordinated move revenge From Beijing.

However, on EU-China investment agreement The agreement reached between Brussels and Beijing last December, just weeks before the inauguration of the Biden, caused unhappiness among the group elected president at the time.