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Pensions and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Pension, Other Post-Retirement Benefits and Employee Benefit Plans. [Abstract] |
Components net periodic benefit cost (credit) |
| U.S. and Non-U.S. Pension Benefits
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (in millions)
Service cost | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Interest cost | 6 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Expected return on plan assets | (6 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (8 | )
Amortization of actuarial losses | 1 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |
Settlement loss recognized | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Changes in benefit obligations and plan assets, and funded status of plans |
| U.S and Non-U.S. Pension Benefits
| 2018 |  | 2017
| (in millions)
Change in benefit obligation: |  |  |
Benefit obligation, beginning of year | $ | 187 |  |  | $ | 164 |
Service cost | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Interest cost | 6 |  |  | 7 |
Benefits paid | (8 | ) |  | (10 | )
Actuarial (gain) loss | (11 | ) |  | 9 |
Plan settlements | (28 | ) |  | — |
Increase due to acquisitions | — |  |  | 15 |
Currency translation | (1 | ) |  | 1 |
Benefit obligation, end of year | 146 |  |  | 187 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year | 115 |  |  | 110 |
Actual return on plan assets | (6 | ) |  | 15 |
Employer contributions | 3 |  |  | — |
Plan settlements | (28 | ) |  | — |
Benefits paid | (7 | ) |  | (10 | )
Fair value of plan assets, end of year | 77 |  |  | 115 |
Funded status of the plan and amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets | $ | (69 | ) |  | $ | (72 | )
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss, inclusive of tax impacts | $ | (45 | ) |  | $ | (50 | )
Defined benefit plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis |
| December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Total
| (in millions)
U.S. and Non-U.S. Plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |
Government debt securities | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 4 |
Exchange traded funds | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | 16 |  |  | 26 |  |  | — |  |  | 26 |
Mutual funds | 22 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 39 |
Common stock | 21 |  |  | — |  |  | 21 |  |  | 33 |  |  | — |  |  | 33 |
| $ | 63 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 67 |  |  | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 106 |
Investments measured at net asset value |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |
Plan assets measured at fair value |  |  |  |  | $ | 77 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 115 |

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