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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts [Table Text Block] |
(in millions) | Balance at Beginning of the Period |  | Charged to Cost and Expense |  | Amounts Written off |  | Translation Adjustment |  | Balance at End of the Period
Allowance for accounts receivables |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(current and noncurrent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | (75 | ) |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | 89 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 | 89 |  |  | 80 |  |  | (56 | ) |  | (26 | ) |  | 87 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 | 87 |  |  | 37 |  |  | (27 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | 111 |

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