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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Interest Rate And Cross Currency Derivatives By Type Table | The following tables present the Company’s maximum notional (in millions) over the remaining contractual period by type of derivative as of June 30, 2022, regardless of whether they are in qualifying cash flow hedging relationships, and the dates through which the maturities for each type of derivative range:
Interest Rate and Foreign Currency Derivatives |  | Maximum Notional Translated to USD |  | Latest Maturity
Interest rate |  | $ | 5,596 |  |  | 2059
Cross-currency swaps (Brazilian real) |  | 254 |  |  | 2026
Foreign Currency: |  |  |  |
Colombian peso |  | 132 |  |  | 2024
Euro |  | 58 |  |  | 2024
Mexican peso |  | 53 |  |  | 2023
Brazilian real |  | 37 |  |  | 2024
Chilean peso |  | 29 |  |  | 2024
Argentine peso |  | 9 |  |  | 2026
Commodity Derivatives |  | Maximum Notional |  | Latest Maturity
Natural Gas (in MMBtu) |  | 115 |  |  | 2029
Power (in MWhs) |  | 25 |  |  | 2040
Coal (in Tons or Metric Tons) |  | 7 |  |  | 2027
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 | June 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Assets | Designated |  | Not Designated |  | Total |  | Designated |  | Not Designated |  | Total
Interest rate derivatives | $ | 317 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 317 |  |  | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 53 |
Cross-currency derivatives | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |
Foreign currency derivatives | 14 |  |  | 64 |  |  | 78 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 137 |
Commodity derivatives | 31 |  |  | 162 |  |  | 193 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 38 |
Total assets | $ | 362 |  |  | $ | 226 |  |  | $ | 588 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 233 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 288 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 294 |
Cross-currency derivatives | 42 |  |  | — |  |  | 42 |  |  | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |
Foreign currency derivatives | 21 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 35 |
Commodity derivatives | 13 |  |  | 111 |  |  | 124 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 44 |
Total liabilities | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 124 |  |  | $ | 215 |  |  | $ | 333 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 384 |
| June 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Fair Value | Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Assets |  | Liabilities
Current | $ | 216 |  |  | $ | 86 |  |  | $ | 85 |  |  | $ | 83 |
Noncurrent | 372 |  |  | 129 |  |  | 148 |  |  | 301 |
Total | $ | 588 |  |  | $ | 215 |  |  | $ | 233 |  |  | $ | 384 |
Gain Loss In Earnings On Ineffective Portion Of Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges Table | The following table presents the pre-tax gains (losses) recognized in AOCL and earnings related to all derivative instruments for the periods indicated (in millions):
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gains (losses) recognized in AOCL |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives | $ | 323 |  |  | $ | (222) |  |  | $ | 627 |  |  | $ | 87 |
Cross-currency derivatives | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |
Foreign currency derivatives | (24) |  |  | (19) |  |  | (12) |  |  | (20) |
Commodity derivatives | 32 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 17 |
Total | $ | 331 |  |  | $ | (223) |  |  | $ | 676 |  |  | $ | 87 |
Losses reclassified from AOCL into earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives | $ | (23) |  |  | $ | (28) |  |  | $ | (50) |  |  | $ | (52) |
Cross-currency derivatives | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |  |  | (2) |
Foreign currency derivatives | — |  |  | (2) |  |  | — |  |  | (5) |
Commodity derivatives | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (3) |
Total | $ | (23) |  |  | $ | (32) |  |  | $ | (51) |  |  | $ | (62) |
Gains (losses) on fair value hedging relationship |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency derivatives | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | (32) |  |  | $ | (35) |  |  | $ | (32) |
Hedged items | (25) |  |  | 35 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 35 |
Total | $ | (17) |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (13) |  |  | $ | 3 |
Loss reclassified from AOCL to earnings due to impairment of assets | $ | (16) |  |  | $ | (9) |  |  | $ | (16) |  |  | $ | (13) |
Loss reclassified from AOCL to earnings due to de-designation of hedge | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | — |
Gains (losses) recognized in earnings related to |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivatives | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (9) |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 105 |
Foreign currency derivatives | 4 |  |  | 7 |  |  | (15) |  |  | (4) |
Commodity derivatives and other | 30 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 17 |  |  | (81) |
Total | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 20 |

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