Other Expense, Net

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense, Net [Text Block]

Other Expense, Net

	Three Months Ended   March 31,
	2017			2016
Government grants and incentives	$	2		$	1
Foreign exchange loss	(2		)	(2		)
Strategic transaction expenses	(11		)	(2		)
Insurance and other recoveries				1
Other, net	2
Other expense, net	$	(9	)	$	(2	)

Foreign exchange gains and losses on cross-currency intercompany loan balances that are not of a long-term investment nature are included above. Foreign exchange gains and losses on intercompany loans that are permanently invested are reported in OCI.

Strategic transaction expenses relate primarily to costs incurred in connection with acquisition and divestiture related activities, including integration costs. The increase in strategic transaction expenses in 2017 is primarily attributable to our acquisitions of BFP and BPT from Brevini and USM – Warren from USM. See Note 2 for additional information.