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Financial Instruments - Long-Term Debt (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Oct. 01, 2017 USD ($) | Oct. 01, 2017 EUR (€) | Apr. 02, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued |  | $ 34,503 |  |
Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued | [1] | 5,797 |  |
Debt issued |  |  |  | $ 5,279
Senior Notes [Member] | Three-month EURIBOR Plus 0.20% floating rate notes (2019 Notes) [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued |  | 1,479 | € 1,250 |
Senior Notes [Member] | 0.00% euro Notes (2020 Notes) [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued | [2] | $ 1,183 | € 1,000 |
Stated interest rate |  | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Senior Notes [Member] | 0.25% euro Notes (2022 Notes) [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued | [2] | $ 1,183 | € 1,000 |
Stated interest rate |  | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Senior Notes [Member] | 1.00% euro Notes (2027 Notes) [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued | [2] | $ 887 | € 750 |
Stated interest rate |  | 1.00% | 1.00% |
Senior Notes [Member] | Euro Long-term Debt [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued | [3] | $ 4,732 | € 4,000 |
Weighted average effective interest rate |  | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Senior Notes [Member] | 4.20% Notes (2047 Notes) [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt issued | [4] | $ 1,065 |  |
Stated interest rate |  | 4.20% | 4.20% |
EURIBOR [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Three-month EURIBOR Plus 0.20% floating rate notes (2019 Notes) [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  | 0.20% |  |
Floor interest rate |  | 0.00% |  |
Maximum [Member] | German Government Bond Rate [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Redemption basis spread |  | 0.15% |  |
[1] | The aggregate amount at issuance date was $5,279 million. The increase in the amount since the date of issuance is due to foreign currency exchange.
[2] | Redeemable at any time, in whole, or in part, at our option prior to 30 to 90 days of maturity date at the comparable German government bond rate, plus 0.15%; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest. The fixed rate euro notes are also redeemable at our option, in whole, or in part, within 30 to 90 days of maturity date.
[3] | The weighted-average effective interest rate for the euro notes at issuance was 0.23%.
[4] | The notes, issued in U.S. dollars in Taiwan, are redeemable, at our option, in whole but not in part, on each March 17 on or after March 17, 2020.

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