Biden team looks to repair US ties with Europe in first NATO meet

US defence secretary to meet in Brussels with NATO counterparts to discuss alliance’s future and situation in Afghanistan.

US President Joe Biden’s administration will begin the work of renewing the United States’s relationships with its European allies when NATO defence ministers participate in meetings this week. The two-day meeting, to be held via teleconference on Wednesday and Thursday, is expected to set a more cooperative tone in transatlantic relations as Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes his debut. Biden also will deliver remarks to the annual Munich Security Conference at the end of the week.