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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Installment | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax (benefit) expense |  |  |  | $ 110 | $ 474 | $ 303 |  |
Income (loss) before income taxes |  |  |  | (1,140) | 177 | 1,011 |  |
Net discrete tax adjustments |  |  | $ 135 | 305 | 386 | 65 |  |
Discrete adjustments, net charge |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 1,469 |  |  | 1,469 | 982 |  |  |
Deferred tax impact of enacted tax rate and law changes |  |  |  | (18) | 3 | 0 |  |
Discrete adjustments, other | 8 |  |  |  |  | 18 |  |
Federal and state tax on accelerated royalty income transaction |  |  |  | 0 | 334 | 0 |  |
Increase in valuation allowance on tax losses in subsidiaries |  |  |  |  | 150 |  |  |
Reduction to valuation allowance for foreign tax credits |  |  |  |  | 98 |  |  |
Net deferred tax assets | 1,879 |  |  | 1,879 | 1,979 |  |  |
Deferred tax asset, tax credit carryforwards, foreign | 133 |  |  | 133 | 403 |  |  |
Deferred tax assets | 3,348 |  |  | 3,348 | 2,961 |  |  |
Deferred tax assets, operating loss, capital loss, and tax credit carryforwards | 704 |  |  | 704 |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, domestic | 767 |  |  | 767 |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, state and local | 99 |  |  | 99 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits | 85 |  | 71 | 85 | 82 | 71 |  | $ 52
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate | 58 |  |  | 58 |  |  |  |
Income tax penalties and interest accrued | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |
Unsettled unrecognized tax benefits that would require cash | 9 |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries | 2,300 |  |  | 2,300 |  |  |  |
Amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability, undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries | 85 |  |  | $ 85 |  |  |  |
CARES act of 2020, net operating loss carryback period |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |
CARES Act Of 2020 refundable alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards |  | $ 5 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of equal annual installments to receive refund alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards | Installment |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |
Income tax cash payments, net |  |  |  | $ 45 | 142 | 178 |  |
Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, valuation allowance | 328 |  |  | 328 | 3 |  | $ 295 |
Valuation allowance | 1,101 |  |  | 1,101 | 1,000 |  |  |
Net establishment (release) of U.S. valuation allowances |  |  |  | $ 0 | 140 | (5) |  |
Tax credit carryforward expiration period |  |  |  | through 2024 and a portion of those expiring in 2025. |  |  |  |
Increase in valuation allowance |  |  |  | $ 30 |  |  |  |
Deferred tax assets | 1,300 |  |  | 1,300 | 1,200 |  |  |
Deferred tax assets, operating loss, capital loss, and tax credit carryforwards, subject to expiration | 69 |  |  | $ 69 |  |  |  |
Foreign Tax Authority | Beginning Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward expiration year |  |  |  | 2025 |  |  |  |
Foreign Tax Authority | Ending Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward expiration year |  |  |  | 2030 |  |  |  |
Domestic Tax Authority |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance | 15 |  |  | $ 15 |  |  |  |
Net establishment (release) of U.S. valuation allowances |  |  |  | 310 | (98) | 25 |  |
Deferred tax asset, tax credit carryforwards, foreign | 461 |  |  | 461 |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards, research | 92 |  |  | 92 |  |  |  |
Venezuela |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, valuation allowance |  |  | 98 |  |  | $ 98 |  |
Net establishment (release) of U.S. valuation allowances |  |  | $ (88) |  |  |  |  |
Domestic and State and Local Authority |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance | 368 |  |  | 368 | 13 |  |  |
Net deferred tax assets | 1,200 |  |  | 1,200 | $ 1,200 |  |  |
Net deferred tax assets, unlimited lives | 900 |  |  | 900 |  |  |  |
Net deferred tax assets, limited lives | 300 |  |  | $ 300 |  |  |  |
Net deferred tax assets, expiration period |  |  |  | between 2025 and 2040. |  |  |  |
State and Local Authority |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, subject to expiration | 87 |  |  | $ 87 |  |  |  |
England |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax impact of enacted tax rate and law changes |  | $ (13) |  |  |  |  |  |
Luxembourg | Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance | $ 978 |  |  | $ 978 |  |  |  |

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