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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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, 2019 were comprised of the following:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Non-cash asset impairments | $ | 570 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Layoff costs | 103 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 64 |
Pension and Other postretirement benefits - net settlement and curtailment charges | (49 | ) |  | 91 |  |  | — |
Net (gain) loss on divestitures of assets and businesses (S) | (20 | ) |  | (109 | ) |  | 57 |
Other | 26 |  |  | 13 |  |  | (3 | )
Reversals of previously recorded layoff costs | (10 | ) |  | (19 | ) |  | (11 | )
Restructuring and other charges | $ | 620 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 165 |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax | Activity and reserve balances for restructuring charges were as follows:
| Layoff costs |  | Other exit costs |  | Total
Reserve balances at December 31, 2016 | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 59 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments | (59 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (65 | )
Restructuring charges | 64 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 65 |
Other(1) | 1 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2017 | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 58 |
2018 |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments | $ | (47 | ) |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (49 | )
Restructuring charges | 111 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 124 |
Other(2) | (110 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | (108 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2018 | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 25 |
2019 |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments | $ | (74 | ) |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | (79 | )
Restructuring charges | 56 |  |  | 574 |  |  | 630 |
Other(3) | 39 |  |  | (581 | ) |  | (542 | )
Reserve balances at December 31, 2019 | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 34 |
(1) | In 2017, Other for layoff costs included a reclassification of a stock awards reversal of $13, offset by reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges of $11 and foreign currency translation of $1.
(2) | In 2018, Other for layoff costs included reclassifications of $119 in pension costs and a $28 credit in postretirement benefits, as the impacts were reflected in Arconic's separate liabilities for Accrued pension benefits and Accrued postretirement benefits, and reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges of $19.
(3) | In 2019, Other for layoff costs included reclassifications of a $58 credit for elimination of life insurance benefits for U.S. salaried and non-bargaining hourly retirees, a charge of $9 for pension plan settlement accounting, as the impacts were reflected in Arconic's separate liabilities for Accrued pension benefits and Accrued postretirement benefits, and reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges of $10.
In 2019, Other for other exit costs included a charge of $428 for impairment of the Disks long-lived asset group; a charge of $112 for impairment of assets associated with agreement to sell the Company’s Brazilian rolling mill operations, the U.K. forgings business, and a small additive business; a charge of $25 for impairment of properties, plants, and equipment related to the Company’s primary research and development facility and a trade name intangible asset; a charge of $12 for lease terminations; a charge of $9 for accelerated depreciation as the impacts were primarily reflected in various noncurrent asset accounts; a charge of $5 related to the impairment of a cost method investment of GRP, and a charge of $1 related to other miscellaneous items; partially offset by a gain of $20 related to contingent consideration from the Texarkana sale. Additionally, Other included the reclassification of $9 in lease exit costs to reduce right-of-use assets within Other noncurrent assets in accordance with the new lease accounting standard.

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