Financial Instruments - Summary of Notional Amount and Gross Fair Value (Details) $ in Millions, € in Billions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	$ 6,865		$ 4,726
Derivative Assets	81		28
Derivative Liabilities	47		96
Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts \| €		€ 1
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	73		24
Other Noncurrent Assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	8		4
Other Current Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Liabilities	41		23
Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Liabilities	6		73
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	4,902		3,547
Derivative Assets	57		22
Derivative Liabilities	32		17
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Balance sheet items
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	4,567		3,056
Derivative Assets	46		13
Derivative Liabilities	26		7
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Forecasted transactions
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	335		449
Derivative Assets	11		9
Derivative Liabilities	6		9
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Cross-currency swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	0		42
Derivative Assets	0		0
Derivative Liabilities	0		1
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Commodity contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	0		0
Derivative Liabilities	0		0
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	1,963		1,179
Derivative Assets	24		6
Derivative Liabilities	15		79
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Forecasted transactions
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	749		323
Derivative Assets	20		6
Derivative Liabilities	4		5
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Commodity contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Assets	3		0
Derivative Liabilities	7		4
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments: \| Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amounts	1,214		856
Derivative Assets	1		0
Derivative Liabilities	$ 4		$ 70

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