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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Text Block] | Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following:
| Post-Employment Benefits, Net of Tax |  | Hedge Instruments, Net of Tax |  | Translation Adjustments and Other, Net of Tax |  | Total
| (in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | (692 | ) |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | (575 | ) |  | $ | (1,293 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | 37 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (206 | ) |  | (173 | )
Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings(1) | 23 |  |  | 5 |  |  | (19 | ) |  | 9 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 60 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (225 | ) |  | (164 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | (632 | ) |  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (800 | ) |  | $ | (1,457 | )
(1) Refer to Note 11, "Pension, Other Post-employment Benefits and Employee Benefit Plans," and Note 7, "Financial Instruments," for additional information with respect to reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings relating to post-employment benefits, net of tax and hedge instruments, net of tax, respectively. Such items do not represent reclassifications in their entirety.

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