A foreign financial account would be as asset held by a bank, broker or similar fiduciary. A foreign asset would be something more tangible, such as a stock certificate evidencing an ownership interest in a business. The CD would likely be an account, as it is money held in trust by a bank, and I assume you actually have an account number by which it is identified.
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