Policy counterfactuals, in seconds.
KITE is a tested, reproducible framework for quantitative trade-policy evaluation — 13 models across the API and web workflows, 2 open-source models in the public R package today, and counterfactuals solved in changes via hat algebra.
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Greenland tariffs ripple through Europe.
Threatened US tariffs on 8 European economies (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands) linked to the Greenland dispute.
KITE at a glance.
The numbers behind the suite — coverage, models, and the single API that ties them together.
What you'll find
on this site.
Four sections. Pick the one that matches your question — or read them in order.
Applications
Recent public KITE outputs from 2026 — Greenland tariffs, the Hormuz bottleneck analysis, and the EU–India FTA — with sources and scenario notes.
Framework
Hat algebra end-to-end. Solve for changes relative to an observed baseline. Switch between 13 models without rebuilding your pipeline.
Workflow
Four steps from initial conditions to counterfactual results. Load a baseline, define a scenario, call update_equilibrium(), process results.
Use it
Two ways: install the R package locally for full control, or use KITE-Transfer in the cloud — a UI for non-expert modellers running pre-configured KITE models.
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