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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
($ in millions) | Unrealized Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  |  | Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Adjustments, net of tax (c) |  |  | Unrealized Gain on Derivatives, net of tax |  |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
January 1, 2020 |  | ($1,627) |  |  |  | ($724) |  |  |  | $1 |  |  |  | ($2,350) |
Current year deferrals to AOCI (a) | (357) |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (357) |  |
Current year deferrals to AOCI, net of tax (b) | (90) |  |  |  | (7) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (97) |  |
Reclassifications from AOCI to net income |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16 |  |
Period change |  | ($447) |  |  |  | $9 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | ($438) |
September 30, 2020 |  | ($2,074) |  |  |  | ($715) |  |  |  | $1 |  |  |  | ($2,788) |
January 1, 2019 |  | ($1,734) |  |  |  | ($568) |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | ($2,300) |
Current year deferrals to AOCI (a) | (151) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (151) |  |
Current year deferrals to AOCI, net of tax (b) | 119 |  |  |  | (6) |  |  |  | (3) |  |  |  | 110 |  |
Reclassifications from AOCI to net income | — |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 13 |  |
Period change |  | ($32) |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | ($28) |
September 30, 2019 |  | ($1,766) |  |  |  | ($564) |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | ($2,328) |
(a)Except for income taxes of $7 million and $6 million as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to foreign currency impacts of certain unasserted earnings, unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments related to translation of foreign denominated balance sheets are not presented net of tax given that no deferred U.S. income taxes have been provided on undistributed earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries because they are deemed to be reinvested for an indefinite period of time. (b)The tax benefit (cost) related to unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments on tax inter-branch transactions and net investment hedges as of September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $27 million and $(39) million, respectively. (c)The tax cost related to the adjustment for pension and other postretirement benefits as of September 30, 2020 and 2019 wa s $5 million and $2 million, respectively. Reclassifications from AOCI are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs (See Note 11, "Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits").

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