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Short-Term Borrowings, Long-Term Debt and Available Credit Facilities Short-term borrowings and finance lease obligations (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended	36 Months Ended	60 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2020	Nov. 13, 2021	Nov. 13, 2023	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 13, 2018 USD ($)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate, at Point in Time				2.00%		6.70%	2.60%
Long-term Debt Payable within one year				$ 1		$ 1	$ 479
Finance Lease, Liability, Current				2		4	36
Short-term borrowings and finance lease obligations				1,996		7	3,201
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt, Fair Value				612		119	6,830
Commercial Paper [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings and finance lease obligations				1,918		0	2,587
Other loans - various currencies [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings and finance lease obligations				$ 45		2	80
Revolving Credit Facilities due 2022 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.60
Revolving Credit Facilities due 2024 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity								$ 3,000
Revolving Credit Facilities due 2022 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity								$ 3,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage				1.99%
Long-term Line of Credit				$ 500
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity				2,500
Repurchase Agreements [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings and finance lease obligations					$ 1,300
Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings and finance lease obligations				30		$ 0	$ 19
Percentage of outstanding amounts borrowed utilized as collateral					105.00%
Interest rate in addition to LIBOR					0.75%
Accounts and Notes Receivable [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Notes receivable pledged as collateral				$ 32
Forecast [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facilities due 2024 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			5 years
Forecast [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facilities due 2022 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term		3 years
Borrowing rate term	6 months