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Other (Charges) Gains, Net | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Other (Charges) Gains, Net | Other (Charges) Gains, Net
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
| (In $ millions)
Restructuring(1) | (27) |  |  | (7) |  |  | (84) |  |  | (40) |
Asset impairments | (34) |  | (2) | (9) |  |  | (39) |  | (2) | (9) |
Plant/office closures | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |
Total | (61) |  |  | (17) |  |  | (123) |  |  | (50) |
______________________________ (1)Includes employee termination benefits related to the previously announced closure of the Company's facility in Mechelen, Belgium (Note 3), Company-wide business optimization projects and the previously announced closure of its polymerization units in Uentrop, Germany (Note 3). (2)Primarily related to an impairment loss on certain trade names, primarily Zytel®, arising from the Company's annual indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment assessment (Note 5). The changes in the restructuring liabilities by business segment are as follows:
| Engineered Materials |  |  |  | Acetyl Chain |  | Other |  | Total
| (In $ millions)
Employee Termination Benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of December 31, 2023 | 13 |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 18 |
Additions | 77 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 87 |
Cash payments | (21) |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  | (7) |  |  | (30) |
Other changes | (2) |  |  |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |  |  | (3) |
Exchange rate changes | 2 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |
As of September 30, 2024 | 69 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 74 |

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