U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew smiles at journalists prior to a meeting with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, not shown, at EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, April 8, 2013. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is starting a series of meetings with key European Union leaders during his first official visit to the region. Lew is expected to urge the European officials to promote more growth-friendly policies to counter the debt crisis that has for three years engulfed the 27-nation bloc, which together forms the world's largest economy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)