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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
The components of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
 September 30,September 30,
Pension benefits – U.S. plans2024202320242023
Service cost$4 $4 $11 $11 
Interest cost10 14 36 40 
Expected return on plan assets(13)(15)(43)(45)
Recognized net loss8 11 30 33 
Settlement and curtailments469 — 469 — 
Net periodic cost$478 $14 $503 $39 
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
 September 30,September 30,
Pension benefits – Non-U.S. plans2024202320242023
Service cost$2 $1 $6 $5 
Interest cost4 5 13 14 
Expected return on plan assets(4)(5)(15)(16)
Recognized net loss— — 3 2 
Special termination benefits— — 2 6 
Settlement and curtailments48 — 48 — 
Net periodic cost$50 $1 $57 $11 

Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
 September 30,September 30,
Other postretirement benefits2024202320242023
Interest cost$1 $1 $4 $4 
Net periodic cost$1 $1 $4 $4 

The components of net periodic cost other than the service cost component are included in Other pension and postretirement in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

In the third quarter of 2024, the Company's Canadian and primary U.S. defined benefit pension plans (the "Canadian Plan" and the "U.S. Plans", respectively) entered into transactions to transfer a significant portion of their pension liabilities through the purchase of group annuity insurance contracts for the benefit of nearly all their respective retiree and deferred vested participants. The issuers of the group annuity insurance contracts fully guarantee and are solely responsible for paying each participant's future benefits in full. The Company used plan assets to settle $120 of Canadian Plan obligations and $740 of U.S. Plans obligations and recorded settlement charges of $48 and $469, respectively, for the Canadian and U.S. Plans. As part of the transaction, the Company also made a cash contribution of approximately $100 to the U.S. Plans.

The following table provides information about amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income.
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
September 30,September 30,
Details about accumulated other comprehensive income components2024202320242023Affected line items in the statement of operations
Actuarial losses$8 $11 $33 $35 Other pension and postretirement
Settlement loss517 — 517 — Other pension and postretirement
525 11 550 35 Income before taxes and equity in net earnings of affiliates
(129)(2)(134)(7)Provision for income taxes
Total reclassified$396 $9 $416 $28 Net income