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IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND OTHER ASSETS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Impairment of Goodwill and Other Assets [Abstract] |
Disclosure of impairment loss and reversal of impairment loss [text block] | B) Impairment Charges
| For the three months ended June 30 |  | For the six months ended June 30 |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Impairment of non-current assets 1 |  | $12 |  |  | $35 |  |  | $15 |  |  | $37 |
Impairment of intangibles 1 | — |  | 24 |  | — |  | 24 |
Total |  | $12 |  |  | $59 |  |  | $15 |  |  | $61 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded impairments of $15 million (2018: $61 million impairments) for non-current assets.

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