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Significant Restructuring Costs Change in Restructuring Reserve - 2020 Restructuring Plan (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

2020 Restructuring Plan

Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s 2020 Plan reserve, included within other current liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position (in millions):

			Employee Severance and Termination Benefits						Long-Lived Asset Impairments						Other												Total
Original reserve			$	196					$	96					$	5											$	297
Utilized—cash			(92)						—						(3)												(95)
Utilized—noncash			—						(96)						—												(96)
Currency translation			2						—						—												2
Balance at September 30, 2020			$	106					$	—					$	2											$	108
Utilized—cash			(26)						—						(2)												(28)
Currency translation			1						—						—												1
Balance at December 31, 2020			$	81					$	—					$	—											$	81

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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