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Financial Instruments - Fair Value of Derivatives Segregated between those Derivatives that are Designated as Hedging Instruments and those that are Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	$ 259	$ 433
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	284	409
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	30,361	28,681
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	137	247
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	119	102
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	10,073	9,215
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	122	186
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	165	307
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	20,288	19,466
Interest Rate Contract | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	$ 1	$ 0
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other current assets	Other current assets
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	$ 1	$ 0
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Noncurrent Liabilities	Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Interest Rate Contract | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other Assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 300	$ 0
Interest Rate Contract | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	200	0
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other Assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	$ 32	$ 27
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets	Other Assets
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 1,756	$ 1,609
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	$ 2	$ 1
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Noncurrent Liabilities	Other Noncurrent Liabilities
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 120	$ 91
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	$ 104	$ 220
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other current assets	Other current assets
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 4,253	$ 4,824
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Accrued and other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	$ 116	$ 101
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Accrued and other current liabilities	Accrued and other current liabilities
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 3,444	$ 2,691
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other Assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	$ 1	$ 0
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets	Other Assets
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 65	$ 0
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	$ 1	$ 0
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Noncurrent Liabilities	Other Noncurrent Liabilities
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 124	$ 0
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Asset	$ 121	$ 186
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other current assets	Other current assets
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 9,507	$ 8,540
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Accrued and other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value of Derivative, Liability	$ 164	$ 307
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Accrued and other current liabilities	Accrued and other current liabilities
U.S Dollar Notional Amount	$ 10,592	$ 10,926

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