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INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective tax rate on earnings from continuing operations | (3.10%) | 34.10% | 15.90% | 33.00% |  |
Remeasurement of deferred tax liabilities for change in tax rate | $ 33 |  | $ 33 |  |  |
Remeasurement of deferred tax liabilities for tax on foreign unremitted earnings, related deferred foreign tax credits and related unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses | 27 |  | 27 |  |  |
Remeasurement of deferred tax liabilities | 60 |  | 60 |  |  |
Provisional on-time transition tax expense on accumulated foreign earnings, net of applicable foreign tax credits | 7 |  | 7 |  |  |
Benefit related to current year taxable income | 28 |  | 28 |  |  |
Total Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, provisional income tax benefit | $ 81 |  | $ 81 |  |  |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal statutory tax rate |  |  |  |  | 21.00% | 28.10%

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