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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Asset allocations (Details)	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	100.00%	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	100.00%	100.00%
Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	100.00%	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	100.00%	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	2.10%	10.80%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	2.00%	10.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	5.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	35.00%	15.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	27.30%	39.20%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	30.00%	39.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	19.00%	25.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	38.00%	48.00%
US Treasury and Government | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	5.50%	36.10%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	5.00%	34.00%
US Treasury and Government | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%
US Treasury and Government | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	22.40%	25.70%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	22.00%	40.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	4.00%	4.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	1.00%	0.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	1.00%	0.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	29.00%	37.00%
Other Debt Obligations | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	7.60%	7.60%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	8.00%	7.00%
Other Debt Obligations | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	3.00%
Other Debt Obligations | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	35.00%	13.00%
Other Debt Obligations | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	52.60%	43.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	54.00%	48.00%
Other Debt Obligations | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	36.00%	26.00%
Other Debt Obligations | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	67.00%	65.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Debt Security | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	35.50%	69.40%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	35.00%	81.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Debt Security | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	56.80%	48.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	55.00%	48.00%
Real Estate Funds | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	13.50%	19.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	14.00%	8.00%
Real Estate Funds | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	3.00%
Real Estate Funds | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	35.00%	13.00%
Real Estate Funds | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	4.00%	4.40%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	4.00%	5.00%
Real Estate Funds | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	2.00%	2.00%
Real Estate Funds | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	8.00%
Other Investments [Member] | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments		0.80%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		1.00%
Other Investments [Member] | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		0.00%
Other Investments [Member] | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		0.00%
Other Investments [Member] | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	5.00%	3.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	4.00%	3.00%
Other Investments [Member] | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	4.00%	3.00%
Other Investments [Member] | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	11.00%	13.00%
Insurance product | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	6.90%	4.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	5.00%
Insurance product | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	5.00%
Insurance product | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	5.00%
Cash Equivalents | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	48.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	49.00%
Cash Equivalents | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%
Cash Equivalents | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%

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