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INCOME TAXES - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
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Deferred tax assets |  |
Accrued liabilities and other | $ 399 | $ 434
Pension and other postretirement benefits | 147 | 174
Tax credit and net operating loss carryforwards | 1,143 | 939
Swiss tax reform net asset basis step-up | 151 | 161
Operating lease liabilities | 144 | 155
Valuation allowances | (704) | (401)
Total deferred tax assets | 1,280 | 1,462
Deferred tax liabilities |  |
Subsidiaries’ unremitted earnings | 55 | 66
Long-lived assets and other | 1,506 | 1,831
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 137 | 151
Total deferred tax liabilities | 1,698 | 2,048
Total deferred tax liabilities | $ 418 | $ 586

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