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Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies	Dec. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	Commitments and Contingencies In October 2022, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice issued a motion of clarification that certain tax incentives provided by local governments can be excluded from taxable income. In the fourth quarter of 2022, we filed an action for a right to recover previously taxable, local government tax incentives granted during fiscal years 2018 to 2022. As our recovery is probable, we recorded a $27 million income tax benefit, which we expect to recover within five years. In 2020, our Brazilian subsidiary received a favorable decision from the Federal Court of Appeals (“Lower Court”) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, related to certain indirect taxes collected in prior years (referred as “Brazil indirect tax matters” in these financial statements). The Lower Court clarified the calculation of our benefit, allowing us to claim gross treatment within the indirect tax claim calculation and a larger indirect tax claim against the government. As a result of the decision, we recorded a $35 million pre-tax benefit in the Consolidated Income Statements in Other operating expense (income) in 2020 related to the open period of 2005 to 2014. In May 2021, the Brazilian Supreme Court ("Court") issued its ruling related to the calculation of certain indirect taxes, which affirmed the Lower Court rulings that we had received in previous years and affirmed that we are entitled to the previously recorded tax credits. The Court ruling ensures that we will be entitled to $15 million of additional credits from the period of 2015 to 2018 that was previously unrecorded pending a final Court ruling. We recorded the $15 million of additional credits in 2021 within Other operating expense (income) in the Consolidated Statements of Income. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $17 million and $41 million, respectively, of remaining indirect tax credits recorded in Other assets and Prepaid expenses on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. These credits resulted in $— and $5 million of a deferred tax liability as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. We will use the income tax offsets to eliminate our Brazilian federal tax payments in 2023 and future years, including the income tax payable for the indirect taxes recovered. We are currently subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including labor matters, certain environmental proceedings and other commercial claims. We also routinely receive inquiries from regulators and other government authorities relating to various aspects of our business, including with respect to compliance with laws and regulations relating to the environment, and at any given time, we have matters at various stages of resolution with the applicable governmental authorities. The outcomes of these matters are not within our complete control and may not be known for prolonged periods of time. We do not believe that the results of currently known legal proceedings and inquires will be material to us. There can be no assurance, however, that such proceedings, matters, claims, suits or investigations or those arising in the future, whether taken individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.