Econsignal Trade Flows

{
  "bilateral_with_us": {
    "mexico_exports_to_us_usd_bn": 475,
    "mexico_imports_from_us_usd_bn": 262,
    "nearshoring_signal": "FDI into Mexican manufacturing +45% since 2022 USMCA nearshoring acceleration",
    "top_exports": [
      "Vehicles and auto parts (35%)",
      "Electronics/machinery (22%)",
      "Petroleum products (8%)",
      "Medical devices (6%)"
    ],
    "us_trade_deficit_with_mexico_usd_bn": 213
  },
  "opportunity": "Mexico is the top US trade partner as of 2023, overtaking China for first time since 1990s. Nearshoring wave has 5-10 years to run.",
  "query_summary": {
    "country": "Mexico",
    "iso2": "MX",
    "partner": "United States"
  },
  "risk_factors": [
    "US tariff policy uncertainty — 25% auto tariffs threatened",
    "Drug cartel extortion of logistics companies in Jalisco/Michoacán",
    "Power shortage limiting new factory capacity"
  ],
  "shipping_intelligence": {
    "container_volume_trend": "Pacific coast ports up 28% YoY driven by Asia-Mexico-US corridor growth",
    "key_ports": [
      "Veracruz (Gulf coast)",
      "Manzanillo (Pacific)",
      "Altamira (industrial)"
    ],
    "rail_crossings": "Kansas City Southern/CPKC rail crossings at record levels — $400B annual freight"
  },
  "trade_profile": {
    "current_account_pct_gdp": -0.3,
    "export_growth_3yr_pct": 38,
    "total_exports_usd_bn": 593,
    "total_imports_usd_bn": 551,
    "trade_balance_usd_bn": 42
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/trade-flows?country=Mexico&lang=en'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/trade-flows?country=Mexico&lang=en' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.15 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.15" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.15 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Feconsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Feconsignal%2Ftrade-flows
const res = await pay("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/trade-flows?country=Mexico&lang=en");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.15 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.15"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/trade-flows?country=Mexico&lang=en")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)