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FINANCE COSTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Finance Costs [Abstract] |
Schedule of finance cost |
|  | Years ended December 31 |
(In millions of dollars) | Note |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Interest on borrowings 1 |  | 740 |  | 758 |
Interest on post-employment benefits liability | 22 |  | 12 |  | 9 |
(Gain) loss on foreign exchange |  | (107 | ) | 13 |
Change in fair value of derivative instruments |  | 99 |  | (16 | )
Capitalized interest |  | (18 | ) | (18 | )
Other |  | 20 |  | 15 |
Total finance costs |  | 746 |  | 761 |
1 Interest on borrowings includes interest on short-term borrowings and on long-term debt.

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