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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2016
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total before tax | $ 59.3 | $ 55.0 | $ 165.7 | $ 168.7
Income tax expense | $ (11.6) | $ 6.5 | $ 1.1 | $ 47.4
Effective tax rate (percent) | (19.60%) | 11.80% | 0.70% | 28.10%
Discrete Items, Before Tax: |  |  |  |
Acquisition related charges | $ 48.8 | $ 0.0 | $ 78.7 | $ 0.0
Currency remeasurement | 4.6 | 7.5 | 16.1 | 13.5
Other discrete items | (4.1) | (3.6) | 83.4 | 90.9
Tax only discrete items | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
Total discrete items | 49.3 | 3.9 | 178.2 | 104.4
Continuing operations, before discrete items | 108.6 | 58.9 | 343.9 | 273.1
Discrete Items, Tax: |  |  |  |
Acquisition related charges | 15.4 | 0.0 | 24.5 | 0.0
Currency remeasurement | 1.2 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 0.5
Other discrete items | 1.3 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 2.0
Tax only discrete items | 4.7 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 0.2
Total discrete items | 22.6 | 3.4 | 40.3 | 2.7
Continuing operations, before discrete items | $ 11.0 | $ 9.9 | $ 41.4 | $ 50.1
Estimated Annualized Effective Tax Rate (EAETR) (percent) | 10.10% | 16.80% | 12.00% | 18.30%
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale | FMC Lithium |  |  |  |
Discrete Items, Tax: |  |  |  |
Income tax, unremitted foreign earnings | $ 3.0 |  | $ 20.8 |

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