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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Abstract] |
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments [Table Text Block] |
| March 31, 2017 | December 31, 2016
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | Marketable Securities | Total Estimated Fair Value | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Marketable Securities | Total Estimated Fair Value
Cash | $ | 1,515 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,515 |  | $ | 1,892 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,892 |
Level 2: |  |  |  |  |  |
Certificate of deposit / time deposits 1 | 1,832 |  | 2,570 |  | 4,402 |  | 2,713 |  | 1,362 |  | 4,075 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities | $ | 3,347 |  | $ | 2,570 |  |  | $ | 4,605 |  | $ | 1,362 |  |
1. | Represents held-to-maturity investments reported at amortized cost.
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions |
| March 31, 2017 | December 31, 2016
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Commodity contracts | $ | 282 |  | $ | 422 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |
Foreign currency contracts | 7,342 |  | 9,896 |
Commodity contracts | 460 |  | 7 |
Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2017 | 2016
Beginning balance | $ | 7 |  | $ | (24 | )
Additions and revaluations of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges | 2 |  | 10 |
Clearance of hedge results to earnings | (5 | ) | 7 |
Ending balance | $ | 4 |  | $ | (7 | )
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value |
|  | Fair Value Using Level 2 Inputs
| Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2017 | December 31, 2016
Asset derivatives: |  |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts 1 | Accounts and notes receivable, net | $ | 60 |  | $ | 182 |
Commodity contracts | Accounts and notes receivable, net | 6 |  | — |
Total asset derivatives 2 |  | $ | 66 |  | $ | 182 |
Cash collateral 1 | Other accrued liabilities | $ | — |  | $ | 52 |
Liability derivatives: |  |  |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | Other accrued liabilities | $ | 69 |  | $ | 121 |
Total liability derivatives 2 |  | $ | 69 |  | $ | 121 |
1. | Cash collateral held as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 is related to foreign currency derivatives not designated as hedging instruments.
2. | The company's derivative assets and liabilities subject to enforceable master netting arrangements totaled $48 at March 31, 2017 and $114 at December 31, 2016.
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance |
| Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI 1 (Effective Portion) | Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income 2 |
Three Months Ended March 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | Income Statement Classification
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |
Commodity contracts | $ | 4 |  | $ | 16 |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | (11 | ) | Cost of goods sold
| 4 |  | 16 |  | 8 |  | (11 | ) |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts | — |  | — |  | (85 | ) | (154 | ) | Other income, net 3
Foreign currency contracts | — |  | — |  | — |  | (4 | ) | Net sales
Commodity contracts | — |  | — |  | 4 |  | — |  | Cost of goods sold
| — |  | — |  | (81 | ) | (158 | ) |
Total derivatives | $ | 4 |  | $ | 16 |  | $ | (73 | ) | $ | (169 | ) |
1. | OCI is defined as other comprehensive income (loss).
2. | For cash flow hedges, this represents the effective portion of the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income during the period. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, there was no material ineffectiveness with regard to the company's cash flow hedges.
3. | Gain (loss) recognized in other income, net, was partially offset by the related gain (loss) on the foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities of the company's operations, see Note 5 for additional information.

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