Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen called on the government Wednesday to make public the process and the outcome of negotiations over a proposed trade pact with China. Tsai also said that the Legislative Yuan should hold hearings to gather public opinion on the issue now that the items on the planned cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement's (ECFA's) 'early harvest' list are nearly finalized. The early harvest list refers to goods and services that will be eligible for tariff concessions or exemptions or be granted preferential market access treatment. At a press conference to promote a DPP-planned mass protest against the ECFA on June 26, Tsai said that during talks on the trade accord, Taiwan's negotiators paid the most attention to whether Taiwan's petrochemical and machine tool industries will be included on the list. Not enough attention is paid to what Chinese items are on the list for import into Taiwan and what types of Taiwanese industries will be hurt by the pact, Tsai added. She accused the government of rushing to sign the ECFA by setting a timetable. Tsai said the most unacceptable part of the deal was the Executive Yuan Referendum Review Commission's 'strange and incomprehensible' denial of a proposal by the opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union to put the ECFA to a referendum, despite the fact the proposal was endorsed by more than 100,000 people. Tsai and members of the DPP Central Standing Committee will take the lead at a march on June 26 to show their resolution to protect Taiwan's democracy and the people's right to referendum, a DPP spokesman said at the press conference, which was also attended by 20 pro-Taiwan independence groups. 