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Other Expenses, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Other Expenses | The detail of the line item “Other expenses, net” in 2020, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:
|  |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Impairment losses 1 |  | $ |  |  |  |  | (1,520 | ) |  |  | (64 | ) |  |  | (62 | )
Results from the sale of assets and others, net 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | (127 | ) |  |  | (230 | ) |  |  | (149 | )
Restructuring costs 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | (81 | ) |  |  | (48 | ) |  |  | (72 | )
Incremental costs and expenses related to the COVID-19 Pandemic (note 2) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (48 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Remeasurement of pension liabilities 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8 | )
Charitable contributions |  |  |  |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (5 | )
|  | $ |  |  |  |  | (1,779 | ) |  |  | (347 | ) |  |  | (296 | )

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