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Financial risk management and derivative financial instruments - Disclosure of Short-term Deposits by Counterparty Credit Rating (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | $ 301 | $ 358
Money market funds | 1,025 | 892
Repurchase agreement collateral |  | 321
AAA credit rating [member] |  |
Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | 0 |
Money market funds | 1,025 | 892
Repurchase agreement collateral |  | 238
AA credit rating [member] |  |
Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | 0 |
Money market funds | 0 |
Repurchase agreement collateral |  | 65
AA minus Credit Rating [member] |  |
Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | 87 | 98
Money market funds | 0 |
Repurchase agreement collateral |  | 18
A plus credit rating [member] |  |
Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | 45 | 165
Money market funds | 0 |
A credit rating [member] |  |
Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | 169 | 94
Money market funds | 0 |
A minus credit rating [member] |  |
Disclosure of credit risk exposure [line items] |  |
Short-term deposits | 0 | $ 1
Money market funds | $ 0 |

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- Definition The amount of short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 45 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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- Definition The amount of instruments sold with the intent to reacquire in repurchase agreements and cash collateral on securities lent. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 55 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_55&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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- Definition A classification of cash equivalents representing short-term investments. [Refer: Cash equivalents] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 45 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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