India, Oct. 10 -- Newly-appointed US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor announced on Thursday local time that he is leaving for New Delhi today to meet Indian counterparts. This will be his first official trip since being confirmed by the Senate earlier this week.

Gor was speaking at an event in Washington, DC, when he talked about his planned four-day visit to India to meet his counterparts. The announcement came not so long after the US Senate confirmed the 38-year-old as the American envoy to India.

His visit comes as trade negotiations between India and the United States remain underway amid escalating tariff tensions.

Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal established a November deadline on Tuesday and said that both sides ...