This would also be the first intercontinental association agreement between North and South which would offer an alternative to other less equitable attempts at integration, such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Acesta ar fi, de asemenea, primul acord de asociere intercontinental dintre Nord şi Sud, care ar oferi o alternativă altor încercări de integrare mai puţin echitabile, precum Zona de Comerţ Liber a Americilor.