Leases - Schedule of Lease Costs and Disclosures in Income Statement (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Statement [Line Items]
Short-term leases	$ 273	$ 239
Lease of low-value assets	11	8
Variable lease payments not included in the lease liability	94	97
Total	378	344
Total cash outflow for lease payments	$ 675	$ 674

Cash outflow for leases payments.

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Lease Costs.

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Statement [Line Items]

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The amount of the expense relating to leases of low-value assets accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense shall not include the expense relating to short-term leases of low-value assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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The amount of the expense relating to short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense need not include the expense relating to leases with a lease term of one month or less. Short-term lease is a lease that, at the commencement date, has a lease term of 12 months or less. A lease that contains a purchase option is not a short-term lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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The amount of the expense relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease liabilities. Variable lease payments are the portion of payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlying asset during the lease term that varies because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time. [Refer: Lease liabilities]

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