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Lease liability and Right-of-use assets (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Jan. 01, 2019
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Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | $ 2,005 | $ 1,949 | $ 1,736
Lease liabilities undiscounted | 3,507 | 3,485 |
Less current lease liabilities | (286) | (246) |
Less current lease liabilities undiscounted | (338) | (295) |
Non-current lease liabilities | 1,719 | 1,703 |
Non-current lease liabilities undiscounted | 3,169 | 3,190 |
Most material lease with lease term extension | 600 | 600 |
Not later than one year [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | 286 | 246 |
Lease liabilities undiscounted | 338 | 295 |
Later than one year and not later than two years [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | 229 | 202 |
Lease liabilities undiscounted | 274 | 246 |
Later than two years and not later than three years [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | 186 | 163 |
Lease liabilities undiscounted | 226 | 202 |
Later than three years and not later than four years [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | 148 | 138 |
Lease liabilities undiscounted | 183 | 173 |
Later than four years and not later than five years [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | 129 | 119 |
Lease liabilities undiscounted | 160 | 150 |
Later than five years [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of total lease liabilities [line items] |  |  |
Lease liabilities | 1,027 | 1,081 |
Lease liabilities undiscounted | $ 2,326 | $ 2,419 |

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- Definition The amount of liabilities related to the entity's leases. Lease is a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to use an underlying asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_47_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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