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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Lease Costs and Other Information | The components of operating lease expense were as follows
| 2020 |  | 2019
Operating lease cost | 65 |  |  | 59 |
Other information related to operating leases was as follows: |  |  |
Supplemental cash flows information: |  |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | 63 |  |  | 53 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations 1) | 50 |  |  | 279 |
1) $188 million recorded on January 1, 2019 in accordance with the adoption of ASC 842. |  |  |
Weighted average remaining lease term | 6 years |  | 6 years
Weighted average discount rate: | 3 | % |  | 3 | %
Schedule of Future Minimum Operating Lease Payments | Future minimum lease payments for operating leases as of December 31, 2020 were as follows:
| As of
| December 31, 2020
2021 | 64 |
2022 | 50 |
2023 | 44 |
2024 | 28 |
2025 | 23 |
Thereafter | 47 |
Total future minimum lease payments | 256 |
Less: imputed interest | (19) |
Total | 237 |
Schedule of Lease Liabilities | Lease liabilities related to operating leases are split between current and non-current:
| As of December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Other current liabilities | 60 |  |  | 62 |
Other non-current liabilities | 177 |  |  | 176 |
Total | 237 |  |  | 238 |

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