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Other Financial Assets - Disclosure Of Maximum Risk To Credit Exposure By Geographies (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Disclosure Of Maximum Risk To Credit Exposure By Geographies [Line Items] |  |
Maximum exposure to credit risk of other financial assets | $ 288 | $ 261
Americas [member] |  |
Disclosure Of Maximum Risk To Credit Exposure By Geographies [Line Items] |  |
Maximum exposure to credit risk of other financial assets | 169 | 162
EMEAA [member] |  |
Disclosure Of Maximum Risk To Credit Exposure By Geographies [Line Items] |  |
Maximum exposure to credit risk of other financial assets | 81 | 68
Greater China [member] |  |
Disclosure Of Maximum Risk To Credit Exposure By Geographies [Line Items] |  |
Maximum exposure to credit risk of other financial assets | $ 38 | $ 31

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- Definition The maximum exposure to the credit risk of loans or receivables. [Refer: Loans and receivables; Credit risk [member]; Maximum exposure to credit risk] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 9 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_9_a&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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