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Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	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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