A ruling Kuomintang (KMT) legislator said Thursday at a legislative committee meeting that the government should use metaphors to teach the public about the proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China. According to Lin Hung-chi, signing the proposed trade pact with China is like wearing spiked racing shoes to enhance Taiwan's competitiveness, while forcing Taiwanese companies to compete with other countries on a non-level playing field is like wearing iron shoes. Lin said he had been told by some labor leaders that briefings held by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) about the ECFA were not very helpful and that they still do not understand what it is. Therefore, Lin went on, the administration should use plainer language to promote the trade pact with China. CLA Minister Wang Ju-hsuan agreed with Lin and said the CLA will start using plainer language to promote the ECFA. KMT Legislator Huang Ho Tsai-feng also said that even though the CLA has spent NT$1.1 million on nine ECFA briefings, many workers who have attended the briefings are still no wiser about the ECFA. With another 16 such briefings to be held, she demanded that the CLA develop a better approach to the issue. 