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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges | Restructuring and other charges for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017 were comprised of the following:
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Asset impairments | $ | 58 |  | $ | 80 |  | $ | — |
Layoff costs | 64 |  | 70 |  | 97 |
Net loss on divestitures of businesses (F) | 57 |  | 3 |  | 136 |
Other | (3 | ) | 27 |  | (11 | )
Reversals of previously recorded layoff costs | (11 | ) | (25 | ) | (8 | )
Restructuring and other charges | $ | 165 |  | $ | 155 |  | $ | 214 |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax | The pre-tax impact of allocating such charges to segment results would have been as follows:
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Engineered Products and Solutions | $ | 30 |  | $ | 78 |  | $ | 46 |
Global Rolled Products | 72 |  | 40 |  | 121 |
Transportation and Construction Solutions | 52 |  | 14 |  | 8 |
Segment total | 154 |  | 132 |  | 175 |
Corporate | 11 |  | 23 |  | 39 |
Total restructuring and other charges | $ | 165 |  | $ | 155 |  | $ | 214 |
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, 2014 | $ | 48 |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 68 |
2015: |  |  |
Cash payments | (45 | ) | (12 | ) | (57 | )
Restructuring charges | 97 |  | 7 |  | 104 |
Other* | (16 | ) | (6 | ) | (22 | )
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 | (59 | ) | (6 | ) | (65 | )
Restructuring charges | 64 |  | 1 |  | 65 |
Other* | 1 |  | (2 | ) | (1 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2017 | $ | 56 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 58 |
* | Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2017, Other for layoff costs also includes the reclassification of a stock awards reversal of $13. In 2016, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of $8 in asset retirement and $2 in environmental obligations, as these liabilities were included in Arconic’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation. Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of $4 in legal obligations, as these liabilities were included in Arconic’s separate reserves for legal costs. In 2015, Other for other exit costs included a reclassification of $5 for certain obligations included in Arconic’s separate reserves for warranties, lease terminations and tax indemnities.

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