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Contractual Obligations and Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] |
|  | Issuance Date |  | Maturity Date |  | As of December 31, |  | Coupon Rate(1)
(in millions, except interest rates) |  |  |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |
October 2023 Senior Notes(4) |  | August 2013 |  | October 2023 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 244 |  |  | 4.125%
March 2024 Notes(4) |  | February 2019 |  | March 2024 |  | 504 |  |  | 850 |  |  | 3.450%
March 2025 Senior Notes(3) |  | March 2022 |  | March 2025 |  | 1,067 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.750%
May 2025 Senior Notes(4) |  | May 2015 |  | May 2025 |  | — |  |  | 523 |  |  | 3.850%
June 2025 Senior Notes |  | May 2020 |  | June 2025 |  | 500 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 1.900%
March 2026 Senior Notes(4) |  | February 2019 |  | March 2026 |  | 255 |  |  | 850 |  |  | 3.750%
December 2027 Senior Notes(3) |  | November 2019 |  | December 2027 |  | 960 |  |  | 1,021 |  |  | 0.625%
March 2028 Senior Notes(3) |  | March 2022 |  | March 2028 |  | 800 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.375%
March 2028 Senior Notes(4) |  | February 2018 |  | March 2028 |  | 344 |  |  | 434 |  |  | 4.000%
March 2029 Senior Notes(4) |  | February 2019 |  | March 2029 |  | 272 |  |  | 850 |  |  | 4.000%
June 2030 Senior Notes |  | May 2020 |  | June 2030 |  | 1,200 |  |  | 1,200 |  |  | 2.650%
March 2031 Senior Notes(3) |  | March 2022 |  | March 2031 |  | 800 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.625%
March 2034 Senior Notes(3) |  | March 2022 |  | March 2034 |  | 534 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.875%
November 2035 Senior Notes(2) |  | November 2005 |  | November 2035 |  | 350 |  |  | 350 |  |  | 6.750%
March 2039 Senior Notes(4) |  | February 2019 |  | March 2039 |  | 450 |  |  | 750 |  |  | 4.550%
January 2040 Senior Notes |  | December 2009 |  | January 2040 |  | 300 |  |  | 300 |  |  | 7.375%
March 2049 Senior Notes(4) |  | February 2019 |  | March 2049 |  | 650 |  |  | 1,000 |  |  | 4.700%
Unamortized Debt Issuance Discount and Deferred Financing Costs |  |  |  | 2023 - 2049 |  | (76) |  |  | (76) |  |  |
Unamortized Gain on Fair Value Hedges |  |  |  | 2022 |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Finance Lease Obligation |  |  |  | Various |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |  |  |
Long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 8,915 |  |  | $ | 8,804 |  |  |
Note: The table above does not include unamortized amounts related to interest rate contracts designated as cash flow hedges. (1) Coupon rates are semi-annual, except for the euro-denominated notes, which bear an annual coupon. (2) Corporate credit rating improvements may result in a decrease in the adjusted interest rate on our November 2035 Notes to the extent that our lowest credit rating is above BBB- or Baa3. The interest rates on our November 2035 Notes will be permanently reinstated to the issuance rate if the lowest credit ratings assigned to these senior notes is either A- or A3 or higher. Effective November 15, 2021, the interest rate payable decreased by 0.25 percent and began accruing at a rate of 6.75 percent following upgrades to our credit ratings. Effective May 2023, the interest rate payable will decrease by 0.25 percent and begin accruing at a rate of 6.50 percent following recent upgrades to our credit ratings. (3) These notes are euro-denominated and presented in U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. (4) Amounts repaid, or partially repaid as the case may be, in connection with the March 2022 tender offer and early redemption of certain of our outstanding senior notes are described below. In addition, in the first quarter of 2022, we repaid $250 million of 3.375% May 2022 Senior Notes classified within Current Debt Obligations within our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021.
Transfer of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sales [Table Text Block] | Amounts de-recognized for accounts and notes receivable, which are excluded from Trade accounts receivable, net in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets, are aggregated by contract denominated currency below (in millions):
| As of December 31, 2022 |  | As of December 31, 2021
Factoring Arrangements | Amount De-recognized |  | Weighted Average Interest Rate |  | Amount De-recognized |  | Weighted Average Interest Rate
Euro denominated | $ | 161 |  |  | 2.4 | % |  | $ | 141 |  |  | 2.1 | %
Yen denominated | 194 |  |  | 0.6 | % |  | 223 |  |  | 0.6 | %
Renminbi denominated | 13 |  |  | 3.1 | % |  | 11 |  |  | 3.2 | %
Long-term Purchase Commitment |
Fiscal Year | Unrecorded Purchase Obligations
2023 | $ | 755 |
2024 | 119 |
2025 | 71 |
2026 | 35 |
2027 | 19 |
Thereafter | 21 |
| $ | 1,021 |
Summary Of Term Loan And Revolving Credit Facility Agreement Compliance With Debt Covenants [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the financial covenant required by the 2021 Revolving Credit Facility.
| Covenant Requirement as of December 31, 2022 |  | Actual as of December 31, 2022
Maximum permitted leverage ratio(1) | 3.75 times |  | 2.57 times
(1) Ratio of total debt to deemed consolidated EBITDA, as defined by the credit agreements, as amended.
Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity | Contractual maturities of our long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2022 are as follows:
Fiscal Year |
2023 | $ | — |
2024 | 504 |
2025 | 1,567 |
2026 | 255 |
2027 | 960 |
Thereafter | 5,700 |
Commercial Paper [Member] |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |
Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block] | Commercial Paper Our commercial paper program is backed by the 2021 Revolving Credit Facility. We did not have any commercial paper outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

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