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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Asset allocations (Details)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
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	4.00%	2.10%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	4.00%	2.00%
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%	0.00%
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%	35.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	19.70%	27.30%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	21.00%	30.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	12.00%	19.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Equity Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	29.00%	38.00%
US Treasury and Government | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	17.30%	5.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	17.00%	5.00%
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%
US Treasury and Government | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	0.80%	0.20%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	1.00%	0.00%
US Treasury and Government | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%
US Treasury and Government | Foreign Plan [Member] | 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	40.50%	22.40%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	41.00%	22.00%
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	3.20%	4.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	1.00%	1.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	1.00%	1.00%
Corporate Debt Securities | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	31.00%	29.00%
Other Debt Obligations | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments		7.60%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		8.00%
Other Debt Obligations | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		0.00%
Other Debt Obligations | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		35.00%
Other Debt Obligations | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	63.70%	52.60%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	67.00%	54.00%
Other Debt Obligations | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	48.00%	36.00%
Other Debt Obligations | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	78.00%	67.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Debt Security | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	57.80%	35.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	58.00%	35.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Debt Security | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	67.70%	56.80%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	69.00%	55.00%
Real Estate Funds | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments		13.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		14.00%
Real Estate Funds | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		0.00%
Real Estate Funds | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities		35.00%
Real Estate Funds | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	4.00%	4.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	2.00%	4.00%
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	8.00%	7.00%
Other Investments [Member] | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	1.50%	5.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	1.00%	4.00%
Other Investments [Member] | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	4.00%
Other Investments [Member] | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	8.00%	11.00%
Insurance product | Foreign Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	7.10%	6.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	7.00%
Insurance product | Foreign Plan [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	7.00%
Insurance product | Foreign Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	7.00%	7.00%
Cash Equivalents | United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Total investments	38.20%	48.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	38.00%	49.00%
Cash Equivalents | United States | Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%
Cash Equivalents | United States | Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Allocation Percentage of Assets, Equity Securities	0.00%	0.00%

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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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