Income Taxes - Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes as Per UK or Dutch Federal Income Tax Rates (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates	$ 261	$ 214	$ 196	$ 145	$ 433	$ 225	$ 202	$ 101	$ 816	$ 961	$ 621
UK (2016-2015), Dutch (2014) statutory tax rate									20.00%	20.25%	25.00%
Provision for income taxes at the UK (2016-2015), Dutch (2014) statutory rate									$ 163	$ 195	$ 155
Tax impact on distributions from foreign subsidiaries									24	(5)	4
Effect of operations in non-UK and non-Dutch jurisdictions									71	74	19
Tax impact of global licensing arrangements									74	80	84
U.S. state and local taxation									30	40	21
Withholding and other taxation									39	37	38
Effect of global financing activities									(71)	(82)	(84)
Changes in estimates for uncertain tax positions									(9)	8	(1)
Changes in valuation allowances									(29)	17	(21)
Effect of change in deferred tax rates									1	3	2
Stock-based compensation									(19)
Other, net									35	16	19
Total provision for income taxes									$ 309	$ 383	$ 236
Effective tax rate									37.90%	39.80%	38.00%