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Post-Employment and Other Long-Term Employees Benefits - Pension Plan Asset Allocation (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Allocation of pension plan assets	100.00%	100.00%
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	1.00%	2.00%
Equity Securities [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	24.00%	27.00%
Government Debt Securities [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	12.00%	3.00%
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	16.00%	26.00%
Investment Funds [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	21.00%	17.00%
Real Estate [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	2.00%	3.00%
Other (Mainly Insurance Assets - Contracts and Reserves) [Member]
Allocation of pension plan assets	24.00%	22.00%

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- Definition

Percentage of actual investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920

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