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Foreign Currency Transaction Exposure (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019
| (In thousands)
Operating income (loss) | $ | (6,461) |  |  | $ | 1,316 |  |  | $ | (8,406) |  |  | $ | (1,782) |
Other non-operating (income) expense, net | (553) |  |  | (1,254) |  |  | (2,988) |  |  | (1,804) |
Currency transaction (losses) gains, net | $ | (7,014) |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | (11,394) |  |  | $ | (3,586) |

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