Pension, Savings and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

PENSION, SAVINGS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

We provide employees with defined benefit pension or defined contribution savings plans.

Defined benefit pension cost follows:



	U.S.
	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In millions)	2017			2016
Service cost	$	1		$	1
Interest cost	40			42
Expected return on plan assets	(60		)	(64		)
Amortization of net losses	28			27
Net periodic pension cost	$	9		$	6



	Non-U.S.
	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In millions)	2017			2016
Service cost	$	7		$	7
Interest cost	17			20
Expected return on plan assets	(19		)	(22		)
Amortization of net losses	8			7
Net periodic pension cost	$	13		$	12

We expect to contribute approximately $50 million to $75 million to our funded non-U.S. pension plans in 2017. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, we contributed $14 million to our non-U.S. plans.

The expense recognized for our contributions to defined contribution savings plans for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was $30 million and $34 million, respectively.

We also provide certain U.S. employees and employees at certain non-U.S. subsidiaries with health care benefits or life insurance benefits upon retirement. Other postretirement benefits credit for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was $2 million and $6 million, respectively.