Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

Schedule of changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments1		Unrecognized (Loss) Gain on Derivatives2		Loss on Pension and Other Postretirement Plans		Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Balance as of December 31, 2016	$	123		10		(10)		123
Other comprehensive income (loss)		7		(3)		(8)		(4)
Tax benefit (expense)		—		—		(6)		(6)
Balance as of December 31, 2017		130		7		(24)		113
Other comprehensive loss		(19)		(10)		(4)		(33)
Tax benefit (expense)		—		3		(1)		2
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	111	$	—	$	(29)	$	82
Other comprehensive (loss) income		14		(12)		(26)		(24)
Tax benefit (expense)		1		—		—		1
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	126	$	(12)	$	(55)	$	59

¹ As a result of the Company’s U.S. Domestication on January 1, 2019, and the associated change from a Canadian parent company to a U.S. parent company, the Company’s net investment hedge was no longer necessary from the domestication date onwards. As of December 31, 2018, there was a $51 million net loss on hedge investments in foreign operations which is included in Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments.

² As of January 1, 2019, the Company discontinued hedge accounting related to the Company’s foreign exchange contracts. The Company still applies hedge accounting to the interest rate swaps related to long-term debt. As of December 31, 2019, the balance consisted of unrecognized loss on the Company’s interest rate swaps.