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Amount after tax of income (loss) from a discontinued operation attributable to the parent. Includes, but is not limited to, the income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and adjustments to a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Restatement of Previously Reported Consolidated Annual Financial Statements - Background (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended									6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 3.0	$ 217.0	$ (1.0)	$ 6.0	$ 253.0	$ 27.0	$ 31.0	$ 19.0		$ 5.0		$ 222.0		$ 225.0	$ 330.0	$ 95.0
Other charges		25.0	13.0	12.0	14.0	117.0	12.0	29.0	17.0		26.0		39.0		64.0	175.0	90.0
Amortization		34.0	32.0	32.0	31.0	30.0	31.0	30.0	30.0		63.0		95.0		129.0	121.0	132.0
Inventories					(157.0)						(185.0)		(200.0)		(116.0)	56.0	37.0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest		$ (377.0)	(523.0)	$ (659.0)	(446.0)	$ (131.0)	426.0	$ (630.0)	$ (444.0)		(1,105.0)	$ (1,074.0)	(1,628.0)	$ (648.0)	(2,005.0)	(779.0)	(1,745.0)
Defined benefit pension expense					$ 18.0						$ 34.0		52.0		$ 65.0	$ 85.0	$ 88.0
Share-based compensation expense			$ 9.0				$ 11.0						$ 26.0	$ 37.0
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.84	$ 0.00	$ 0.02	$ 0.96	$ 0.10	$ 0.12	$ 0.07		$ 0.02		$ 0.86		$ 0.87	$ 1.23	$ 0.35
Restatement Adjustment
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 3.0	$ 0.0	$ 2.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0					$ 2.0		$ 2.0		$ 5.0	$ 0.0
Other charges					0.0						0.0		0.0		0.0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest		(1.0)	(2.0)	12.0	(6.0)	7.0					6.0		4.0		3.0	7.0
Prior period reclassification adjustment, discontinued operations to continuing operations		4.7		2.5
Compensation										$ 3.5
Accrued expenses, healthcare			3.5										3.5
Accrued vacation		2.2	(1.3)	$ (0.9)						$ 2.2	$ (0.9)		$ (1.3)		$ 2.2
Defined benefit pension expense		$ 1.0	$ 1.0
Restructuring reserve, accrual adjustment						3.4										$ 3.4
Share-based compensation expense					$ 6.8	$ (6.8)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.00	$ 0.01	$ 0.00	$ 0.00					$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.02	$ 0.00
Restatement Adjustment \| Share-based Compensation
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest					$ 6.8	$ 6.8										$ 6.8
As Previously Reported
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.0	$ 217.0	$ (3.0)	6.0	253.0					$ 3.0		$ 220.0		$ 220.0	330.0
Other charges					14.0						26.0		39.0		64.0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest		$ (376.0)	$ (521.0)	$ (671.0)	$ (440.0)	$ (138.0)					$ (1,111.0)		$ (1,632.0)		$ (2,008.0)	$ (786.0)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.00	$ 0.84	$ (0.01)	$ 0.02	$ 0.96					$ 0.01		$ 0.85		$ 0.85	$ 1.23
Inadvertent Errors \| Restatement Adjustment
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest															$ 2.3
Subsequent Event \| Restatement Adjustment
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Operating expenses	$ 1.4
Other charges	5.0
Amortization	1.4
Increase (decrease) in health care insurance liabilities	0.5
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest	5.7
Subsequent Event \| Restatement Adjustment \| EMEA
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Inventories	(2.2)
Subsequent Event \| Under Amortized Amortization Expense, Understatement of Accrued Liability, Inventory Adjustment \| Restatement Adjustment
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, noncontrolling interest	$ (0.3)