Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Income taxes on Currency translation adjustments	$ (4)	$ (28)
Income taxes on Net Losses and Prior Service Costs	0	0
Income taxes on Amortization of net losses, prior service costs and net transition costs	(12)	(14)
Income taxes on Loss/(gain) transferred to earnings from FV of Hedge Derivatives	1	4
Income taxes on (loss)/gain recognized from FV of Hedge Derivatives	$ 3	$ (13)

Tax effect of amortization of net losses, prior service costs and net transition costs on other comprehensive income.

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Other Comprehensive Income Net Losses and Prior Service Costs, Tax Effect

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Amount of tax expense (benefit), before reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature.

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Amount of tax expense (benefit) of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income of accumulated gain (loss) realized from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges and an entity's share of an equity investee's deferred hedging gain (loss).

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Amount of tax expense (benefit), before reclassification adjustments, related to increase (decrease) in accumulated gain (loss) from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges and an entity's share of an equity investee's increase (decrease) in deferred hedging gain (loss).

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