OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS - ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (Details) - Long-term receivables - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Related to Long Term Receivables
Beginning balance	$ 100	$ 153
Bad debt provisions	3	11
Recoveries	(12)	(20)
Write-offs	(1)	(2)
Transfers		5
Foreign exchange translation	19	(47)
Ending balance	$ 109	$ 100

Charge to expense related to foreign exchange translations for financing receivables.

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- Definition

Reduction of amount of allowance for credit losses from recovery of doubtful of collection that were previously charged off.

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- Definition

Reclassifications from the current portion of allowance for doubtful accounts for financing receivables to non-current.

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- Definition

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Amount of direct write-downs of financing receivables charged against the allowance.

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- Definition

Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Recorded Investment
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65880944

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5212-111524

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- Definition

Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.11)
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-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
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