Some South Americans see Mercosur as giving the capability to combine resources to balance the activities of other global economic powers, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European Union.
一些南美洲人认为南方共同市场是有通过整合资源用于平衡其他世界级经济体的能力的，特别是北美自由贸易协议和欧盟。