The maximum funding from receivables that may be factored.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Debt Other Financing (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Debt Other Financing (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2020 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Debt and Finance Lease Obligations	$ 14	$ 28
Interest Paid, Including Capitalized Interest, Operating and Investing Activities	159	154	$ 153
Letters of Credit Issued	$ 3	$ 2
European Factoring Program \| Accounts Receivable Factoring
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum Funding From Factoring Program \| €					€ 300
NewMaximumFundingFromFactoringProgram \| €				€ 450
New European Factoring Program
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	0.20%			0.20%
New European Factoring Program \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread of variable rate	0.50%
New European Factoring Program \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread of variable rate	0.50%