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Equity Method Investment, Percentage Of Investments In Segment

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Subsidiary Or Equity Method Investee, Percentage Of Outstanding Stock

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This item represents an other than temporary decline in value that has been recognized against an investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the investment represents the amount of the write down which is or was reflected in earnings. The written down value is a new cost basis with the adjusted value of the investment becoming its new carrying value subject to the equity accounting method. Evidence of a loss in value might include, but would not necessarily be limited to, absence of an ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity which would justify the carrying amount of the investment.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
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The net realized gain (loss) on investments sold during the period, not including gains (losses) on securities separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, which, for cash flow reporting, is a component of proceeds from investing activities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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RELATED PARTIES - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) affiliate	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 affiliate kr / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 affiliate $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 kr / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of owned unconsolidated domestic and foreign affiliates \| affiliate			30			30	30
Impairment charge on minority-owned joint venture investments			$ 2	$ 72	$ 108
HVAC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investment, percentage of investments in segment			99.00%			99.00%	99.00%
Equity Method Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Impairment charge on minority-owned joint venture investments				$ 71	$ 108
Equity Method Investee \| Beijer Ref
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, consideration received on transaction	$ 1,100	$ 300
Gain (loss) on sale of investments	$ 871	$ 252
Equity Method Investee \| Beijer Ref \| B Shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares		9,250
Sale of stock, price per share (in dollars per share) \| (per share)								kr 290	$ 32.38
Subsidiary or equity method investee, percentage of outstanding stock		7.90%
Equity Method Investee \| Beijer Ref \| A and B Shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, price per share (in dollars per share) \| (per share)						kr 245	$ 29.03