France's foreign trade minister is "deeply shocked" by letters sent by the United States' embassy in Paris, warning French companies against using diversity programmes, calling it an "incursion" on French values.
"We cannot compromise on inclusion policies that push our country to progress on equality," Foreign Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin told RTL radio , defending France's policies "particularly on equality between women and men in the fight against discrimination and racism, and the promotion of diversity to help people with disabilities."
