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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets elected not to be offset. Excludes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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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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Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Derivative Instruments (Forward Currency Exchange Contracts) (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2018 EUR (€)
Foreign Exchange Contract
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 7,206		$ 8,088
Maximum term in days	1555 days	1646 days
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	$ 211		203
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	130		185
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	110		41
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(29)		(21)
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0		(2)
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	837	€ 2,400	1,113	$ 1,000	€ 2,250
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	33		40
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	30		0
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	5		40
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(2)		0
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0		0
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Non-Designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	5,275		6,174
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	73		169
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Non-Designated \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	100		180
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Non-Designated \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0		0
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Non-Designated \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	27		11
Foreign Exchange Contract \| Non-Designated \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0		0
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount			801
Derivative, Fair Value, Net			(6)
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets			5
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets			1
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities			(10)
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Foreign Exchange Contract \| Net Investment \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities			$ 2
Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| Net Investment
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1,094
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	105
Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| Net Investment \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0
Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| Net Investment \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets	105
Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| Net Investment \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0
Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| Net Investment \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	$ 0