Overview

• The State Department said Gor and Deputy Secretary Michael J. Rigas are in India Oct. 9–14 for meetings on a wide range of bilateral issues.
• Gor was confirmed 51–47 in an en bloc vote covering 107 nominees during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
• Alongside the India post, Gor serves as Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, giving him a broader regional coordination role.
• Trade frictions frame the trip, with U.S. tariffs at 50% and proposed H‑1B fee increases complicating negotiations as both sides work toward an initial trade pact tranche this fall, with scheduling affected by the shutdown.
• Gor has outlined priorities in defense cooperation, energy and technology ties; at 38 he is reported as the youngest U.S. ambassador to India, and his formal assumption of duties in Delhi will follow this short visit.