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Income Taxes - Deferred and Current Tax Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$ 42
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)		$ 33
Net current tax assets (liabilities)	$ (61)	$ (43)

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting.

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Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting.

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