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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Summary of Amounts Recognized for Assets and Liabilities Acquired | The following table summarizes the amounts recognized for assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
|  | Final |
|  | allocation |
Cash |  | $ | 136 |
Non-cash working capital |  |  | (395 | )
Investments |  |  | 1,497 |
Fixed assets |  |  | 445 |
Goodwill |  |  | 590 |
Other assets |  |  | 24 |
Intangibles |  |  | 372 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  | 34 |
Long-term employee benefit liabilities |  |  | (137 | )
Long-term debt |  |  | (117 | )
Other long-term liabilities |  |  | (52 | )
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (119 | )
Non-controlling interest |  |  | (287 | )
Consideration paid |  |  | 1,991 |
Less: Cash acquired |  |  | (136 | )
Net cash outflow |  | $ | 1,855 |
Equity Investments Acquired as Part of Business Combination | The investments amount includes the following equity investments that were acquired as part of the business combination:
|  | Ownership |  |  | Investment |
|  | percentage |  |  | balance |
Getrag Ford Transmission GmbH |  |  | 50.0 | % |  | $ | 340 |
Getrag (Jiangxi) Transmission Co., Ltd [“GJT”] |  |  | 66.7 | % |  | $ | 1,077 |
Dongfeng Getrag Transmission Co. Ltd |  |  | 50.0 | % |  | $ | 80 |

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