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Foreign Currency Transaction Exposure (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Foreign Currency [Abstract] |
Schedule of Currency Transaction Exposure | Currency transaction (losses) gains included in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended |  |  |  | For the Six Months Ended |  |
| June 30, 2020 |  | June 30, 2019 |  | June 30, 2020 |  | June 30, 2019
| (In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss | $ | (2,169) |  |  | $ | 672 |  |  | $ | (1,946) |  |  | $ | (3,098) |
Other non-operating expense (income), net | (1,603) |  |  | 1,117 |  |  | (2,435) |  |  | (551) |
Currency transaction (losses) gains, net | $ | (3,772) |  |  | $ | 1,789 |  |  | $ | (4,381) |  |  | $ | (3,649) |

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