Eleanor Beardsley

Kushner, a real estate magnate, reportedly cited personal commitments and sent a senior official in his place.

In light of the failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission, said the foreign ministry in a statement, Kushner would no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

The European Parliament has suspended ratification of the EU's trade deal with the U.S.

amid concerns that President Trump's latest tariffs breached the terms of the transatlantic accord negotiated last summer.

Even though the deal is widely viewed as lopsided by Europeans, it was set to be ratified this week.

It locks in 15% U.S.

tariffs on EU exports while granting zero duty access to most American goods entering the EU.

Now, many EU officials say Europe should use its massive 450 million consumer market as leverage and, as they put it, not be taken hostage by the U.S.

The EU has readied a list of $93 billion in American imports that it could hit with tariffs.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.

The killing of a 23-year-old right-wing nationalist by young left-wing anti-fascist activists has rocked France.

President Emmanuel Macron called on the far left and far right to expel extremists among their ranks.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault told Radio France the U.S.

has no place commenting on a French domestic matter.

We refuse all instrumentalization of this dramatic event for purely political reasons, said Barrault.

The foreign minister said France had no lessons to be given, especially about violence from reactionary voices outside the country.

Ambassador Charles Kushner is the father of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

President Emmanuel Macron opened a big agriculture show in Paris and he said, let's not celebrate too soon.

And he said, we'll just have to adapt and look, you know, look at the consequences and adapt.