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Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax at United States statutory rate |  |  |  | 21.00% | 21.00% | 21.00%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  |  | 1.00% | 0.60% | 1.00%
Earnings taxed at other than United States statutory rate |  |  |  | 3.30% | 4.60% | 5.60%
Charge for U.S. tax reform |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0.023
Foreign Tax Credit Carryback |  |  |  | 0.00% | 0.00% | (1.70%)
(Benefit) charge for previously disclosed tax matters |  |  |  | (2.00%) | (0.90%) | (0.40%)
Foreign-derived intangible income benefit |  |  |  | (1.60%) | (1.30%) | (1.10%)
Other, net |  |  |  | (0.10%) | (0.60%) | (0.50%)
Effective tax rate |  |  |  | 21.60% | 23.40% | 26.20%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Deduction, Dividend, Percent |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |
Tax reform, provisional charge |  | $ 14,000,000 | $ 275,000,000 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 80,000,000
Discrete Income Tax Provision (Benefit) |  |  |  | 71,000,000 |  |
Foreign Withholding Income Tax |  |  |  | 45,000,000 |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount |  |  |  | 26,000,000 |  |
Withholding Tax Due |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |
Income tax benefit related to changes in swiss preferential tax regime and increase to cantonal tax rate | $ 29,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
SWITZERLAND |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit from foreign tax matter | $ 29,000,000 |  |  |  | $ 29,000,000 | $ 15,000,000

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