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Other (Charges) Gains, Net
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Other (Charges) Gains, Net Other (Charges) Gains, Net
Year Ended December 31,
202120202019
(In $ millions)
Restructuring(5)(20)(23)
Asset impairments(2)(31)(83)
Plant/office closures10 7 (4)
Commercial disputes— 6 (4)
European Commission investigation— (2)(89)
Other— 1 — 
Total3 (39)(203)
2020
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded $20 million of employee termination benefits primarily related to Company-wide business optimization projects.
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded a $26 million long-lived asset impairment loss related to certain fixed assets used in compounding operations at its facilities in Kaiserslautern, Germany; Wehr, Germany and Ferrara Marconi, Italy.
2019
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded $23 million of employee termination benefits primarily related to Company-wide business optimization projects.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded an $83 million long-lived asset impairment loss related to the closure of its acetate flake manufacturing operations in Ocotlán, Mexico. The long-lived asset impairment loss was
measured at the date of impairment to write-off the related property, plant and equipment and was included in the Company's Acetate Tow segment.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded a reserve of $89 million as a result of information learned from the European Commission's investigation of certain past ethylene purchases, which was included within the Other Activities segment (Note 20).