| **COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions** | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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| Long term intercompany loans [Member]                                  |           |           |   |   |
| **Intercompany Foreign Currency Balance [Line Items]**                 |           |           |   |   |
| Re-measurement gains (losses) on long-term intercompany loans          | $ (3)          | $ (6)          | $ (3) | $ (11) |

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Current period adjustment resulting from gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature because settlement is not planned or anticipated in the foreseeable future.  Resulting from the entities to the transaction being consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting entity's financial statements.
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| - Definition
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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No definition available.
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