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	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) position
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Restructuring and other charges	$ 620	$ 9	$ 165
Restructuring and other charges after tax	512	9	$ 143
Number of employees associated with layoff costs \| position			880
Reversal of forfeited executive stock compensation			$ 13
Severance costs	103	20	64
Cash payments for restructuring	79	49	65
Other Exit Costs
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	26	19	69
Restructuring and other charges after tax	21	15	47
Cash payments for restructuring	5	2	6
Divested Businesses
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges after tax			41
Severance costs			7
Reversal Of Forfeited Executive Stock Compensation
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges			(6)
Restructuring and other charges after tax and noncontrolling interests			(4)
Other Miscellaneous Charges
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges	1		12
Restructuring and other charges after tax and noncontrolling interests			7
Other Adjustments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and other charges		8	(11)
Restructuring and other charges after tax and noncontrolling interests		4	(8)
Restructuring Programs Layoffs Two Thousand Seventeen
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cash payments for restructuring	$ 5	$ 34	28
Fusina Italy
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Restructuring and other charges			60
Restructuring and other charges after tax and noncontrolling interests			60
Latin America Extrusions (LAE) \| Divested Businesses
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Restructuring and other charges			$ 41
Engineered Products and Forgings
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Number of employees associated with layoff costs \| position			403
Global Rolled Products
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Number of employees associated with layoff costs \| position			336
Corporate
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Number of employees associated with layoff costs \| position			141