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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
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Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | The following table displays the changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCL”) by component, net of tax, for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (in millions):
| Cumulative Translation Adjustment |  | Pension and Postretirement Costs |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  | AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2021 | $ | (575) |  |  | $ | (292) |  |  | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (882) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 17 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (1) |  |  | 17 |
Amounts reclassified to earnings | 6 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 11 |
Net current period other comprehensive income | 23 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 28 |
Balance at March 31, 2022 | $ | (552) |  |  | $ | (287) |  |  | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (854) |
Schedule of Reclassification from AOCL to Results of Operations | Reclassifications from AOCL to the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were pretax expense of (in millions):
|  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Cumulative translation adjustment (1) |  |  |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | — |
Pension and postretirement benefit plans (2) |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 5 |
Derivative financial instruments (3) |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |
(1)See Footnote 2 for further information. (2)See Footnote 11 for further information. (3)See Footnote 10 for further information.
Schedule of Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Allocated to Components of OCI | The income tax provision (benefit) allocated to the components of AOCL for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):
|  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Pension and postretirement benefit costs |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  |  |  | (1) |  |  | 2 |
Income tax provision related to AOCL |  |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15 |

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