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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income Before Income Taxes | The components of income before income taxes were as follows:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
U.S. | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 18 |
Foreign | 819 |  |  | 772 |  |  | 621 |
| $ | 829 |  |  | $ | 769 |  |  | $ | 639 |
Provision for Income Taxes | The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Current tax: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 6 |
State and foreign | 154 |  |  | 171 |  |  | 147 |
| $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 153 |
Deferred tax: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal | $ | 217 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 12 |
State and foreign | 30 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | 13 |
| 247 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 25 |
Total | $ | 401 |  |  | $ | 186 |  |  | $ | 178 |
Schedule of U.S. Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Pre-tax Income | The provision for income taxes differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income as a result of the following items:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
U.S. statutory rate at 35% | $ | 290 |  |  | $ | 269 |  |  | $ | 224 |
Tax on foreign income | (81 | ) |  | (88 | ) |  | (74 | )
Valuation allowance | 9 |  |  | (14 | ) |  | 21 |
Tax contingencies | 6 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 13 |
Tax law changes | 174 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 4 |
Other items, net | 3 |  |  | 5 |  |  | (10 | )
Income tax provision | $ | 401 |  |  | $ | 186 |  |  | $ | 178 |
Components of Deferred Taxes | The components of deferred taxes at December 31 are:
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Assets |  | Liabilities
Tax loss and credit carryforwards | $ | 503 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 480 |  |  | $ | — |
Postretirement and postemployment benefits | 43 |  |  | — |  |  | 63 |  |  | — |
Pensions | 185 |  |  | 105 |  |  | 220 |  |  | 62 |
Property, plant and equipment | 18 |  |  | 151 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 150 |
Intangible assets | — |  |  | 128 |  |  | — |  |  | 128 |
Deemed repatriation tax | — |  |  | 57 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Asbestos | 74 |  |  | — |  |  | 128 |  |  | — |
Accruals and other | 87 |  |  | 44 |  |  | 125 |  |  | 78 |
Valuation allowances | (228 | ) |  | — |  |  | (225 | ) |  | — |
Total | $ | 682 |  |  | $ | 485 |  |  | $ | 808 |  |  | $ | 418 |
Schedule of Tax Loss and Credit Carryforwards Expiration | Tax loss and credit carryforwards expire as follows:
Year |  | Amount |
2018 |  | $ | 15 |
2019 |  | 17 |
2020 |  | 30 |
2021 |  | 37 |
2022 |  | 166 |
Thereafter |  | 151 |
Unlimited |  | 87 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits follows:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance at January 1 | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Additions for prior year tax positions | 6 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 13 |
Reductions to prior period tax positions | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Lapse of statute of limitations | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
Settlements | (4 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | (9 | )
Foreign currency translation | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | (2 | )
Balance at December 31 | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 28 |

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