Why Does the NYT Abandon Journalistic Standards to Promote the Obama Administration's Trade Agenda?

That's what readers of this NYT piece hyping a European-U.S. trade agreement should be asking. It begins by telling readers:

"President Obama’s call for a free-trade agreement between the United States and the European Union has unleashed a wave of optimism on both sides that a breakthrough can be achieved that would lift trans-Atlantic fortunes, not just economically but politically.'

Really? How much of an economic boost should be anticipated from this deal? Will it make up for the impact o...