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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax | The pretax impact of such charges to segment results would have been as follows:
|  | Third quarter ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Engineered Products and Solutions |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 16 |
Global Rolled Products |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 76 |  |  |  | 1 |
Transportation and Construction Solutions |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 6 |
Segment Total |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 111 |  |  |  | 23 |
Corporate |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 10 |
Total Restructuring and other charges |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 118 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Activity and Reserve Balances for Restructuring Charges | Activity and reserve balances for restructuring charges were as follows:
|  | Layoff costs |  |  | Other exit costs |  |  | Total |
Reserve balances at December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 93 |
2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments |  |  | (73 | ) |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | (86 | )
Restructuring charges |  |  | 70 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 97 |
Other* |  |  | (31 | ) |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | (45 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 59 |
2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (46 | )
Restructuring charges |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 54 |
Other* |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 9 |
Reserve balances at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 76 |
* | Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2017, Other for layoff costs includes the reclassification of a stock awards reversal of $13. In 2016, Other for other exit costs also included reclassifications of $8 in asset retirement, $2 in environmental obligations and $4 in legal obligations as these liabilities were included in Arconic’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations, environmental remediation and legal costs.

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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://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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