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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PROGRAMS - Funded Status Percentage of Company's Pension Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Funded status percentage of the company's pension plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 3,784	$ 3,434
PBO	$ 4,443
Funded status percentage	85.00%
Qualified Pension Plan | U.S.
Funded status percentage of the company's pension plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 2,700
PBO	$ 2,713
Funded status percentage	100.00%
Qualified Pension Plan | International plans
Funded status percentage of the company's pension plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 1,084
PBO	$ 1,015
Funded status percentage	107.00%
Non Qualified Pension Plan | U.S.
Funded status percentage of the company's pension plans
PBO	$ 257
Non Qualified Pension Plan | International plans
Funded status percentage of the company's pension plans
PBO	$ 458

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Defined benefit plan fair value of plan assets and collateral to be paid on loaned securities.

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Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to service rendered by employee for defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123447040&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Percentage of plan assets to benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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