Labor has slammed Prime Minister Tony Abbott, declaring him embarrassing for cancelling meetings with the world's top finance officials during his visit to the United States.

Deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek said Mr Abbott had made a succession of missteps during his travels overseas, the latest in the US.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the Bayeux Cathedral for a D-Day service in France. Credit:Andrew Meares

"Australians have to worry that he'll be embarrassing us on the world stage," she told reporters in Sydney.

That follows a report from political columnist Laurie Oakes on Saturday that Mr Abbott had cancelled long-planned meetings with US treasury secretary Jack Lew, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde and World Bank president Jim Yong Kim.