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Long-Term Employee Benefits (Schedule of Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations) (Details) | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Pension Plan [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 3.80% | 4.13%
Rate of compensation increase | [1] | 3.80% | 3.94%
Other Post Employment Benefit Plans [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 4.03% | 4.32%
Rate of compensation increase | [1] | 0.00% | 0.00%
[1] | The rate of compensation increase represents the single annual effective salary increase that an average plan participant would receive during the participant's entire career at the company.

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- Definition Expected rate of compensation increases (for pay-related plans). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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