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Business Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business Segment Reporting Information | The following table presents segment sales and operating income (loss), and the reconciliation of segment operating income (loss) to Income (Loss) before Income Taxes:
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 6,556 |  |  | $ | 7,922 |  |  | $ | 8,168 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 4,020 |  |  |  | 4,708 |  |  |  | 5,090 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 1,745 |  |  |  | 2,115 |  |  |  | 2,217 |
Net Sales |  | $ | 12,321 |  |  | $ | 14,745 |  |  | $ | 15,475 |
Segment Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 550 |  |  | $ | 654 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | (72 | ) |  |  | 202 |  |  |  | 363 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 193 |  |  |  | 257 |
Total Segment Operating Income (Loss) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 945 |  |  | $ | 1,274 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill and Other Asset Impairments (Notes 11 and 12) |  |  | 330 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Rationalizations (Note 3) |  |  | 159 |  |  |  | 205 |  |  |  | 44 |
Interest expense (Note 4) |  |  | 324 |  |  |  | 340 |  |  |  | 321 |
Other (income) expense (Note 5) |  |  | 119 |  |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | (174 | )
Asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation (Note 3) |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 4 |
Corporate incentive compensation plans |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 13 |
Retained expenses of divested operations |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 9 |
Other(1) |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 46 |
Income (Loss) before Income Taxes |  | $ | (1,140 | ) |  | $ | 177 |  |  | $ | 1,011 |
(1) | Primarily represents unallocated corporate costs and the elimination of $17 million, $17 million and $18 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, of royalty income attributable to the strategic business units.
Segment Assets | The following table presents segment assets at December 31:
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 6,666 |  |  | $ | 7,606 |  |  |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 4,825 |  |  |  | 4,724 |  |  |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 2,725 |  |  |  | 2,711 |  |  |
Total Segment Assets |  |  | 14,216 |  |  |  | 15,041 |  |  |
Corporate(1) |  |  | 2,290 |  |  |  | 2,144 |  |  |
|  | $ | 16,506 |  |  | $ | 17,185 |  |  |
(1) | Corporate includes substantially all of our U.S. net deferred tax assets.
Geographic Information | The following table presents geographic information. Net sales by country were determined based on the location of the selling subsidiary. Long-lived assets consisted of property, plant and equipment. Besides Germany, management did not consider the net sales of any other individual countries outside the United States to be significant to the consolidated financial statements. For long-lived assets, only China and Germany were considered to be significant.
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Net Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 5,424 |  |  | $ | 6,489 |  |  | $ | 6,692 |
Germany(1) |  |  | 705 |  |  |  | 979 |  |  |  | 1,691 |
Other international |  |  | 6,192 |  |  |  | 7,277 |  |  |  | 7,092 |
|  | $ | 12,321 |  |  | $ | 14,745 |  |  | $ | 15,475 |
Long-Lived Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 2,517 |  |  | $ | 2,681 |  |  |  |  |
China |  |  | 742 |  |  |  | 722 |  |  |  |  |
Germany |  |  | 729 |  |  |  | 653 |  |  |  |  |
Other international |  |  | 3,085 |  |  |  | 3,152 |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | 7,073 |  |  | $ | 7,208 |  |  |  |  |
(1) | The decrease in net sales from 2018 primarily related to a business reorganization that centralized our OE sales for EMEA in Luxembourg.
Rationalizations, Asset sales, Other Expense and Asset Write-offs and Accelerated Depreciation Attributable to the SBUs | Goodwill and other asset impairments, as described in Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 11, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, and No. 12, Other Assets and Investments; rationalizations, as described in Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 3, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs; net (gains) losses on asset sales, as described in Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 5, Other (Income) Expense, and asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation were not charged (credited) to the SBUs for performance evaluation purposes but were attributable to the SBUs as follows:
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Goodwill and Other Asset Impairments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 182 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total Segment Goodwill and Other Asset Impairments |  | $ | 330 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Rationalizations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 59 |  |  |  | 115 |  |  |  | 36 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |
Total Segment Rationalizations |  | $ | 157 |  |  | $ | 205 |  |  | $ | 42 |
Corporate |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |
|  | $ | 159 |  |  | $ | 205 |  |  | $ | 44 |
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Net (Gains) Losses on Asset Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas(1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (275 | )
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | 2 |
Total Segment Asset Sales |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | (273 | )
(1) | Americas Net (Gains) Losses on Asset Sales for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes the gain of $272 million related to the TireHub transaction, net of transaction costs.
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Asset Write-Offs and Accelerated Depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 103 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | — |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 4 |
Total Segment Asset Write-Offs and Accelerated Depreciation |  | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Segment Capital Expenditures, Depreciation and Amortization | The following tables present segment capital expenditures and depreciation and amortization:
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Capital Expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 369 |  |  | $ | 406 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 235 |  |  |  | 227 |  |  |  | 180 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 91 |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | 188 |
Total Segment Capital Expenditures |  | $ | 628 |  |  | $ | 737 |  |  | $ | 774 |
Corporate |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 37 |
|  | $ | 647 |  |  | $ | 770 |  |  | $ | 811 |
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 490 |  |  | $ | 430 |  |  | $ | 414 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | 201 |  |  |  | 197 |  |  |  | 201 |
Asia Pacific |  |  | 133 |  |  |  | 133 |  |  |  | 131 |
Total Segment Depreciation and Amortization |  | $ | 824 |  |  | $ | 760 |  |  | $ | 746 |
Corporate |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 32 |
|  | $ | 859 |  |  | $ | 795 |  |  | $ | 778 |
Segment Equity In Net Income (Loss) of Investees Accounted For By the Equity Method | The following table presents segment equity in the net income (loss) of investees accounted for by the equity method:
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Equity in (Income) Loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 11 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Total Segment Equity in (Income) Loss |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 10 |

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