America is in fact one of the most transparent nations on earth. [1] That includes the judiciary, presidency, congress, and law structure. The US Government and state governments publish vast amounts of information about their operations, studies, results, bills, spending, research, etc that is publicly available. The US routinely scores among the top few nations when it comes to making such data public.

It's also widely regarded as one of the least corrupt nations. [2] Transparency and low-corruption are two things that very frequently go hand-in-hand.

[1] http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/transparency-full-...

"Denmark [the US came in #11] is the most transparent country, according to more than 8,000 informed elites from four different regions who filled out surveys for the 2016 Best Countries rankings. The rankings, formed in partnership with brand strategy firm BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, aim to gauge global perceptions of the world's biggest economies in terms of specific attributes associated with countries."

On corruption the US is listed at #16 by transparency international, ahead of France and Japan, but behind Australia and the UK:

[2] http://www.transparency.org/cpi2015#results-table

Credit Suisse just copied the numbers from Global Trade Alert. Did you even look at the reports on the Global Trade Alert website? Or did you just read the "About" page?

Mentioning Trump is just FUD and indirection. You can mention him if he's elected and if he manages to enact protectionist policies.

Yes I did look through GTA's site and about us page. I looked at GTA and it's a highly respected research org. And CS is a very competent investment bank. So I do believe their research.

You are attacking a straw man. Find me another data source that refutes GTA and Credit Suisse.

Peace.

This is a terrible argument from authority. You didn't actually look at the GTA data, did you? I did, and most of it falls into the categories I outlined in my original comments.