Taiwan's opposition parties are trying to merge their competing drone-industry bills before a final vote expected within days, a fight over how much money goes into home-built military drones and how fast.

• Talks in the legislature collapsed earlier with 14 rival versions of the drone bill on the table, and nothing was agreed.
• The KMT wants to spend more overall — roughly $2,400億 over six years versus the cabinet's smaller package — but caps yearly spending and routes it through the normal budget.
• Defense Minister Wellington Koo says that annual cap is too low to actually build up drone forces and wants it reconsidered.
• The TPP is holding back until the KMT settles on one version internally; KMT caucus leader Fu Kun-chi says that will happen this week.
• KMT mayors in Taichung, Changhua and Taoyuan are pushing hard for the industry, arguing Taiwan already has the full supply chain and engineers to build drones at home.

Outlook: A merged opposition version is expected within days, setting up a final vote on the bill on the 28th.