Overview

• Testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sergio Gor said Washington and New Delhi are "not that far apart" and are negotiating the final details of a deal that could be concluded within weeks.
• President Trump has invited India’s commerce and trade ministers to Washington next week for talks with USTR Jamieson Greer, with 50% U.S. tariffs on Indian goods still in force for now.
• Gor named cuts to Indian duties on U.S. agricultural products as a top priority, noting Greer is working item by item to unlock long‑blocked market access.
• He pledged to press India to stop buying Russian oil while seeking to open India’s market to U.S. crude, refined products and LNG as part of the trade package.
• Gor committed to expand joint military exercises, pursue co‑development and key defense sales, and sustain Quad engagement, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed India as a core U.S. partnership.