A flight from U.S. financial assets prompted by President Trump’s trade war is subsiding as the White House appears increasingly keen to strike a new trade deal with top U.S. trading partner

"It is no longer hyperbole to say that the dollar's reserve status and broader dominant role is at least somewhat in question," Capital Economics said.

Writer and CNN host Fareed Zakaria, the moderator of a panel on the future of money, asked whether the U.S. dollar’s status is threatened, especially since “currencies are based on trust.” He and others pointed to the chaotic weeks since Trump’s April 2 announcement of steep taxes on imports on much of the world,