Britain’s business secretary has ordered a full national security assessment of the £63 million (US$79 million) acquisition of the country’s biggest semiconductor maker by Nexperia, a Dutch subsidiary of China’s Wingtech Technology last year. The inquiry comes after media reports in April that the British government would not intervene in the deal following a separate review by national security adviser Stephen Lovegrove. A government spokesman said at the time that “no decisions have been made”. “We welcome overseas investment, but it must not threaten Britain’s national security,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said in a tweet on Wednesday. The British government…