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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Valuation Techniques and Significant Inputs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial liabilities (current and non-current)	$ 2,173	$ 1,280
Recurring fair value measurement
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	1,051	1,179
Financial liabilities (current and non-current)	490	373
Recurring fair value measurement | Foreign currency forward contracts | Level 2 | Discounted cash flow
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial liabilities (current and non-current)	97	23
Recurring fair value measurement | Interest rate swaps & other | Level 2 | Discounted cash flow
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial liabilities (current and non-current)	311	257
Recurring fair value measurement | Other contracts | Level 3 | Discounted cash flow
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial liabilities (current and non-current)	82	93
Recurring fair value measurement | Marketable securities | Level 1
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	142	173
Recurring fair value measurement | Marketable securities | Level 1 | Quoted bid prices
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	142	173
Recurring fair value measurement | Marketable securities | Level 2
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	0	0
Recurring fair value measurement | Marketable securities | Level 3
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	0	0
Recurring fair value measurement | Foreign currency forward contracts | Level 2 | Discounted cash flow
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	140	241
Recurring fair value measurement | Interest rate swaps & other | Level 2 | Discounted cash flow
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	765	718
Recurring fair value measurement | Other contracts | Level 3 | Discounted cash flow
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Financial assets	$ 4	$ 47

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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