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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
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Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | The following tables display the changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”) by component, net of tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in millions):
| Cumulative Translation Adjustment |  | Pension and Postretirement Costs |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  | AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | (479) |  |  | $ | (399) |  |  | $ | (42) |  |  | $ | (920) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (97) |  |  | (2) |  |  | 21 |  |  | (78) |
Amounts reclassified to earnings | — |  |  | 14 |  |  | (4) |  |  | 10 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | (97) |  |  | 12 |  |  | 17 |  |  | (68) |
Balance at September 30, 2020 | $ | (576) |  |  | $ | (387) |  |  | $ | (25) |  |  | $ | (988) |
Schedule of Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Allocated to Components of OCI | The income tax (expense) benefit allocated to the components of AOCL for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Foreign currency translation adjustments | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | — |
Unrecognized pension and postretirement costs | (1) |  |  | 3 |  |  | (3) |  |  | 11 |
Derivative financial instruments | 2 |  |  | (1) |  |  | (5) |  |  | 1 |
Income tax benefit related to AOCL | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 12 |

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