By Adriana Barrera and Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican state company Pemex is in talks with potential buyers in Asia, including China, and Europe, as it seeks alternative markets for its crude after U.

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government made major concessions — and delivered results — to avert President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs. He imposed them anyway.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico could shift trade alliances "if necessary," referring to the possible continuation of the tariffs.

Officials from the two countries pleaded their case to Trump’s aides and advisers, only to find that the intermediaries at times seemed unsure of what President Trump desired.

The president has launched a trade war seeking to quell the flow of illegal immigrants and the illegal trafficking of drugs and rebalance trade.

President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Tuesday that Mexico will impose retaliatory taxes on U.S. goods. She added that the products that will be targeted will be announced on Sunday in a public event in Mexico City’s central plaza.

Vice President JD Vance has participated in an aerial tour of the U.S.-Mexico border and met with law enforcement officials.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance led a trio of White House officials on a visit Wednesday to a key crossing point on the Texas-Mexico border, where he echoed President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration push and assured Americans that U.

Vice President JD Vance participated in an aerial tour of the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday and met with law enforcement officials as part of a trip meant to highlight tougher immigration policies that the White House says has led to dramatically fewer arrests for illegal crossings since Donald Trump began his second term.