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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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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to intangibles acquired in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards.

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Business Acquisition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Business Acquisition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 03, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction related costs		$ 50	$ 85	$ 96	$ 151
GE Transaction Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 24,798
Acquisition remeasurement, goodwill				911
Deferred tax asset, loss carryforward	$ 242
Acquisition remeasurement, property, plant and equipment		(362)
Acquisition remeasurement, equity method investment		(228)
Acquisition remeasurement, intangible assets		(123)
Acquisition remeasurement, other liabilities		$ 314
Acquisition remeasurement, depreciation and amortization expense				$ (33)