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Employee Benefits (Narratives) (Details) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) yr | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) yr | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract] |  |  |
Provision for employee severance benefits relating to Rotem Amfert Israel | $ 15 |  |
Actual return (loss) on plan assets | 42 | $ 47 | $ (1)
Expenses recorded in respect of defined benefit plans | $ 40 | $ 32 | $ 23
Life of defined benefit plans | yr | 16.3 | 15.3 |

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- Definition The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to defined contribution plans. Defined contribution plans are post-employment benefit plans under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity (a fund) and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_53&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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