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Guarantees, Commitments, and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantees	$ 67.8
Expiration period	1 year
Guarantees of vendor financing - short-term
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantees	$ 57.9
Guarantees of vendor financing - long-term
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantees	0.1
Other debt guarantees
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantees	$ 9.8

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Guarantor Obligations, Expiration Period

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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