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Contingencies and commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Minimum future rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases

The following table summarizes the minimum future rental commitments under noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2018 (in millions):

	Amounts
2019	$	164
2020	126
2021	113
2022	64
2023	56
Thereafter	46
Total minimum operating lease commitments	$	569

U.S. repatriation tax commitments

Under the 2017 Tax Act, we elected to pay the repatriation tax related primarily to our prior indefinitely invested earnings of our foreign operations in eight annual installments. See Note 7, Income taxes. The following table summarizes the remaining scheduled repatriation tax payments as of December 31, 2018 (in millions):

	Amounts
2019	$	586
2020	586
2021	586
2022	586
2023	1,099
Thereafter	3,296
Total remaining U.S. repatriation tax commitments	$	6,739

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date.

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