So far, Biden has done what was expected of him-
-The US will re-commit to the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
-The US will halt its exit from the WHO and return to full membership (I assume with the same level of funding as before).
-The ban on Transgendered Americans serving in the Military will end.
-The anti-Abortion restrictions linked to Foreign Aid will be lifted.
-A permit for the Keystone Pipeline has been revoked, halting the completion of this project (again!).
In new moves
-The US will join COVAX-
"a programme that pools international funds to buy vaccines and equally distribute them around the world.Trump has spurned the programme, but in its most recent Covid-relief package the US Congress reserved nearly $4bn (£2.9bn) for Gavi, the organisation that co-founded Covax, which was widely seen as intended to support the vaccine-sharing platform.
Its formal membership opens the door to more funding and direct donations of vaccines, and builds momentum for the programme and wider efforts to guarantee equal access to vaccines, treatments and technology to fight the pandemic."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...vaccine-scheme
-The US will not be moving the US Embassy in Israel back to Tel-Aviv, and the Biden Admin is expected to have a colder relationship with Netanyahu (still struggling to retain his position as Prime Minister) and make some effort to re-invigorate 'peace talks' with the Palestinians.
-After Kamala Haris, another first: a Transgendered American has been appointed to an official post in the US Government -if confirmed, Rachel Levine will become Assistant Secretary for Health. While Biden has said "her "steady leadership" was needed "to get people through this pandemic."" an online publication, freebeacon, has reported-
"Biden health nominee Rachel Levine directed Pennsylvania nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients—even as she pulled her own mother out of a longterm-care facility over pandemic concerns".
https://freebeacon.com/politics/bide...ovid-patients/
It remains to be seen if her appointment will be confirmed, but she appears to have reasons for her decisions as well as her mistakes (details are in the linnk above), and freebeacon might be campaigning aganst her- I don't know what the truth of these allegations are, so I have linked the story so others who may know can comment on it if they wish.
Going forward, the UK is anxious to begin negotiations with the US on a Trade Deal, about which I don't think the Biden team has yet made a statement. Biden is expected to make his first trip to the UK in June for the G7 summit which will be held in Cornwall at Carbis Bay, on the North Cornwall coast not far from St Ives, and lauded by the London Evening Standard-
https://www.standard.co.uk/escapist/...n-b900265.html
I wonder if he will stop off in Ireland on his way to Cornwall?