June 2021 was a busy month for some U.S. officials. At the beginning of June, the U.S. senators passed the U.S. Competition and Innovation Act of 2021. Then the U.S. president Joe Biden conducted his first presidential trip to Europe, during which, he had participated in a series of summits and activities jointly held between the U.S. and European countries. The U.S. leader took the opportunity of this trip to reaffirm his previous claim that “America is back”.

The purpose of the presidential tour was clear: strengthening cooperation with the U.S. allies and partners in Europe to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, laying a ground for the U.S. relations with Europe throughout Biden’s term, re-framing the U.S. global strategy to sustain the U.S. leadership and competency in a number of core issue areas through managing properly of various challenges including the potential challenges posed by China.

Then, about less than two weeks following Biden’s trip to Europe, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid another visit to Europe in order to consolidate the influence of president Biden’s trip to Europe. The U.S. Secretary made a number of remarks, one of which, noticeably compared to Biden’s a little more forceful approach, was that the U.S. doesn’t ask its European allies to take sides between China and the U.S., but if they can act collectively, the actions would be more effective.

Before, during, and after the visits made by the U.S. president and Secretary of States to Europe, there were some discussions among the media and also the academic circle - Some analysts indicated that china needs to be prepared for the likelihood that certain European countries might alter their strategies toward China in the U.S. favour. There were also observers arguing that even though the U.S. has managed, through various means, to reach a series of consensuses with its European partners, the implementation of which in the next steps will be challenging. Then, how to understand the outcomes of the events held between the U.S. and its European counterparts in June from a strategic perspective? And how likely would Europe alter its approach toward China in general terms against the backdrop that the U.S. tends to re-frame its global strategy? This analytical piece will attempt to answer these questions.

This analysis doesn’t intend to comprehensively cover all the outcomes of the U.S. interactions with its European allies and partners through the series of summits held in June. Rather, it only aims to analyse a few of them, which, from the author’s view, can reflect the U.S. foreign policy priorities and direction, and also that how likely the U.S. would attempt to formulate and implement them.

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