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FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (Assumed financial exposure to currency risk) (Details) - United States of America, Dollars - Currency risk $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
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Euro Member Countries, Euro |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | $ (98)
Argentina, Pesos |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 101
Mexico, Pesos |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | (591)
Brazil, Brazil Real |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 111
Colombia, Pesos |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | (21)
Other currencies |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | $ (2)

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- Definition The amount of risk exposure associated with financial instruments with a shared characteristic that identifies a concentration of risks. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph B8 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_B8_c&doctype=Appendix&subtype=B -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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