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Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract] |
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block] | Reclassification adjustments and other activity impacting accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 are as follows (in millions):
|  | Defined Benefit Plans |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrecognized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
| Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | (259.9) |  |  | $ | (101.2) |  |  | $ | (15.7) |  |  | $ | (376.8) |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | — |  |  |  | (48.5) |  |  | (34.0) |  |  | (82.5) |
| Income tax effect of other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 1.9 |
| Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | 2.0 |  | (a) |  | — |  |  | (3.0) |  | (b) | (1.0) |
| Income taxes reclassified into net income | (0.4) |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | — |
| Net change in accumulated other comprehensive loss | 1.6 |  |  | (48.5) |  |  | (34.7) |  |  | (81.6) |
| Balance at March 31, 2020 | $ | (258.3) |  |  | $ | (149.7) |  |  | $ | (50.4) |  |  | $ | (458.4) |
| Defined Benefit Plans |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrecognized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | (213.9) |  |  | $ | (96.6) |  |  | $ | (1.1) |  |  | $ | (311.6) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (27.9) |  | (c) |  | (2.5) |  |  | (2.6) |  |  | (33.0) |
Income tax effect of other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.2 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 1.2 |  | (a) |  | — |  |  | (1.4) |  | (b) | (0.2) |
Income taxes reclassified into net income | (0.3) |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |
Net change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (27.0) |  |  | (2.5) |  |  | (2.5) |  |  | (32.0) |
Balance at March 31, 2019 | $ | (240.9) |  |  | $ | (99.1) |  |  | $ | (3.6) |  |  | $ | (343.6) |
(a) | These amounts were reclassified from AOCI to Other income (expense), net for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019.
(b) | The amounts reclassified from AOCI included $(1.3) million in COGS, $2.0 million in interest expense and $(3.7) million in Other income (expense), net for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $(0.2) million in COGS and $(1.2) million in interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
(c) | ASU 2018-02 became effective on January 1, 2019, and we elected to reclassify the stranded tax effects caused by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, resulting in a decrease in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) of $27.7 million at January 1, 2019.

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