Postretirement benefit plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of net periodic employee benefit cost

Components of net periodic employee benefit cost are as follows:

	U.S. Defined Benefit						U.S. Retiree Health Care						Non-U.S. Defined Benefit
For Three Months Ended September 30,	2014			2013			2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	6		$	6		$	1		$	1		$	9		$	9
Interest cost	11			12			6			5			17			15
Expected return on plan assets	(10		)	(11		)	(5		)	(6		)	(21		)	(17		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	—			—			1			1			—			(1		)
Recognized net actuarial loss	6			5			1			3			6			7
Net periodic benefit costs	13			12			4			4			11			13
Settlement losses (a)	11			5			—			—			1			4
Curtailment gain	—			—			—			—			(2		)	(2		)
Total, including other postretirement (gains) losses	$	24		$	17		$	4		$	4		$	10		$	15

	U.S. Defined Benefit						U.S. Retiree Health Care						Non-U.S. Defined Benefit
For Nine Months Ended September 30,	2014			2013			2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	16		$	20		$	3		$	4		$	29		$	29
Interest cost	33			33			17			15			52			46
Expected return on plan assets	(31		)	(36		)	(15		)	(18		)	(62		)	(50		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	—			—			3			3			(1		)	(3		)
Recognized net actuarial loss	19			16			5			9			19			24
Net periodic benefit costs	37			33			13			13			37			46
Settlement losses (a)	14			18			—			—			1			4
Curtailment gain	—			—			—			—			(2		)	(5		)
Total, including other postretirement (gains) losses	$	51		$	51		$	13		$	13		$	36		$	45

(a) Includes non-restructuring and restructuring-related settlement losses.