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Restructuring costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2017
Restructuring programmes |  |  |  |
Total charge | $ 92 | $ 184 | $ 187 | $ 496
Cost of sales |  |  |  |
Restructuring programmes |  |  |  |
Total charge | 23 | 43 | 55 | 81
Research and development expense |  |  |  |
Restructuring programmes |  |  |  |
Total charge | 31 | 38 | 58 | 142
Selling, general and administrative costs |  |  |  |
Restructuring programmes |  |  |  |
Total charge | 48 | $ 103 | 84 | 197
Other operating income and expense |  |  |  |
Restructuring programmes |  |  |  |
Total charge | $ (10) |  | $ (10) | $ 76

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- Definition The amount of expense relating to restructuring. Restructuring is a programme that is planned and controlled by management and materially changes either the scope of a business undertaken by an entity or the manner in which that business is conducted. Such programmes include: (a) the sale or termination of a line of business; (b) closure of business locations in a country or region or the relocation of activities from one country or region to another; (c) changes in management structure; and (d) fundamental reorganisations that have a material effect on the nature and focus of the entity's operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 98 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_98_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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