But Lai’s government has been at loggerheads with Taiwan’s opposition parties, which have a majority in parliament, over how much to spend on boosting the island’s defence capabilities.The main opposition party Kuomintang, which favours closer ties with China, and the Taiwan People’s Party passed a US$25 billion special defence budget in May, slashing by a third the amount sought by Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party.The opposition stripped out around US$15 billion that the government had wanted to use for domestic drone procurement and other efforts to boost defences.Lawmakers are now considering rival proposals for drone investment worth billions of dollars that…