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RETIREMENT PLANS - Allocation Plan Assets (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Pension | International Pension
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	100.00%	100.00%
Pension | International Pension | Cash
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	1.00%	1.00%
Pension | International Pension | International equity
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	24.00%	40.00%
Pension | International Pension | Corporate bonds
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	18.00%	19.00%
Pension | International Pension | Government bonds
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	40.00%	25.00%
Pension | International Pension | Total fixed income
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	58.00%	44.00%
Pension | International Pension | Insurance contracts
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	12.00%	10.00%
Pension | International Pension | Real estate
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	5.00%	3.00%
Pension | International Pension | Debt securities
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS		2.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension.
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	100.00%	100.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	100.00%	100.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Cash
Asset allocation percentages
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	3.00%	2.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Large cap equity
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	21.00%	21.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	14.00%	17.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Small cap equity
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	3.00%	3.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	2.00%	3.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | International equity
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	13.00%	10.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	9.00%	10.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Core fixed income
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	48.00%	48.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	47.00%	46.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | High-yield bonds
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	3.00%	3.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	2.00%	2.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Emerging markets
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	2.00%	4.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	2.00%	2.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Real estate
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	3.00%	3.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	4.00%	4.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | PRIVATE EQUITY
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	5.00%	5.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	15.00%	11.00%
U.S. Pension and Postretirement Health Care Benefits | U.S. Pension. | Distressed debt
Asset allocation percentages
TARGET ASSET ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE	2.00%	3.00%
PERCENTAGE OF PLAN ASSETS	2.00%	3.00%

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The aggregate target allocation percentage of the investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) presented on a weighted-average basis as of the measurement date of the latest statement of financial position.

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Percentage of actual investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)(i)
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