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Assets Held For Sale and Other Current Assets - Summary of Assets and liabilities Held for Sale (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Asset held for sale and discontinued operations [line items] |  |
Disposal group including discontinued operations assets held for sale | $ 141 | $ 187
Disposal group including discontinued operations liabilities held for sale | $ 39 | 6
France [member] | Committed sale of certain assets [member] |  |
Asset held for sale and discontinued operations [line items] |  |
Disposal group including discontinued operations assets held for sale |  | 26
Disposal group including discontinued operations liabilities held for sale |  | $ 6

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