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Other (Charges) Gains, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of 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).
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | 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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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4.b.2) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479823/420-10-S99-2 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482017/420-10-50-1 + Details
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