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FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Maximum exposure to credit risk | The Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each of the financial assets disclosed as follows:
| As at December 31, 2020 | As at December 31, 2019
Cash and equivalents | $5,188 |  | $3,314 |
Accounts receivable | 558 |  | 363 |
| $5,746 |  | $3,677 |
Expected maturity of significant financial assets and liabilities |
As at December 31, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |
(in $ millions) | Less than 1 year | 1 to 3 years | 3 to 5 years | Over 5 years | Total |
Cash and equivalents | $5,188 |  | $— |  | $— |  | $— |  | $5,188 |  |
Accounts receivable | 558 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 558 |  |
Derivative assets | — |  | 40 |  | — |  | — |  | 40 |  |
Trade and other payables | 1,458 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1,458 |  |
Debt | 20 |  | 16 |  | 20 |  | 5,125 |  | 5,181 |  |
Derivative liabilities | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
Other liabilities | 31 |  | 72 |  | 36 |  | 243 |  | 382 |  |
As at December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |
(in $ millions) | Less than 1 year | 1 to 3 years | 3 to 5 years | Over 5 years | Total |
Cash and equivalents | $3,314 |  | $— |  | $— |  | $— |  | $3,314 |  |
Accounts receivable | 363 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 363 |  |
Derivative assets | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
Trade and other payables | 1,155 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1,155 |  |
Debt | 39 |  | 371 |  | 13 |  | 5,141 |  | 5,564 |  |
Derivative liabilities | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
Other liabilities | 55 |  | 52 |  | 9 |  | 93 |  | 209 |  |

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- Definition The disclosure of the credit risk exposure. Credit risk exposure is the credit risk inherent in an entity’s financial assets and commitments to extend credit. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 35M -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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