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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Interest Rate Derivatives By Type Table | The following table presents the Company's maximum notional (in millions) over the remaining contractual period by type of derivative as of December 31, 2017, regardless of whether they are in qualifying cash flow hedging relationships, and the dates through which the maturities for each type of derivative range:
Derivatives |  | Maximum Notional Translated to USD |  | Latest Maturity
Interest Rate (LIBOR and EURIBOR) |  | $ | 4,481 |  |  | 2036
Cross-Currency Swaps (Chilean Unidad de Fomento and Chilean Peso) |  | 410 |  |  | 2029
Foreign Currency: |  |  |  |
Argentine Peso |  | 187 |  |  | 2026
Chilean Peso |  | 410 |  |  | 2020
Colombian Peso |  | 305 |  |  | 2019
Others, primarily with weighted average remaining maturities of a year or less |  | 303 |  |  | 2020
Derivative Assets Liabilities At Fair Value Net By Balance Sheet Classification And Type Table | The following tables present the fair value of assets and liabilities related to the Company's derivative instruments as of the periods indicated (in millions):
Fair Value |  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Assets |  | Designated |  | Not Designated |  | Total |  | Designated |  | Not Designated |  | Total
Interest rate derivatives |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18 |
Cross-currency derivatives |  | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | 29 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | 8 |  |  | 261 |  |  | 269 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 300 |  |  | 309 |
Commodity derivatives |  | 5 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 45 |
Total assets |  | $ | 57 |  |  | $ | 291 |  |  | $ | 348 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 325 |  |  | $ | 376 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives |  | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 262 |  |  | $ | 295 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 300 |
Cross-currency derivatives |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 18 |  |  | — |  |  | 18 |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | 1 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 64 |
Commodity derivatives |  | 9 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 42 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | 177 |  |  | $ | 315 |  |  | $ | 358 |  |  | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 424 |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Fair Value |  | Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Assets |  | Liabilities
Current |  | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 99 |  |  | $ | 155 |
Noncurrent |  | 264 |  |  | 104 |  |  | 277 |  |  | 269 |
Total |  | $ | 348 |  |  | $ | 315 |  |  | $ | 376 |  |  | $ | 424 |
Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features (1) |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Present value of liabilities subject to collateralization |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 41 |
Cash collateral held by third parties or in escrow |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  | 18 |
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(1) | Based on the credit rating of certain subsidiaries
Gain Loss In Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income And Earnings On Effective Portion Of Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges Table | The following table presents (in millions) the pre-tax gains (losses) recognized in AOCL and earnings related to all derivative instruments for the periods indicated:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Effective portion of cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains (losses) recognized in AOCL |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives |  | $ | (66 | ) |  | $ | (35 | ) |  | $ | (103 | )
Cross-currency derivatives |  | 31 |  |  | 21 |  |  | (20 | )
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (5 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | 10 |
Commodity derivatives |  | 18 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 40 |
Total |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (73 | )
Gains (losses) reclassified from AOCL to earnings |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives |  | $ | (82 | ) |  | $ | (101 | ) |  | $ | (116 | )
Cross-currency derivatives |  | 34 |  |  | 8 |  |  | (24 | )
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (20 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | 32 |
Commodity derivatives |  | 17 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 31 |
Total |  | $ | (51 | ) |  | $ | (45 | ) |  | $ | (77 | )
Loss reclassified from AOCL to earnings due to discontinuance of hedge accounting (1) |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Gain (losses) recognized in earnings related to |  |  |  |  |  |
Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (6 | )
Not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 211 |
Commodity derivatives and other |  | 14 |  |  | (16 | ) |  | (29 | )
Total |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 182 |

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