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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income [Table Text Block] | 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, December 31, 2015 | $ | (632 | ) |  | $ | (25 | ) |  | $ | (800 | ) |  | $ | (1,457 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | (1 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | (147 | ) |  | (146 | )
Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings | 19 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 19 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 18 |  |  | 3 |  |  | (148 | ) |  | (127 | )
Balance, December 31, 2016 | $ | (614 | ) |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | (948 | ) |  | $ | (1,584 | )

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