| **Goodwill and Other Intangible assets, Net Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions** | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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| **Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]**                                                                           |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)                                                        |           |            |   | $ 1 | $ 7 | $ 7 |
| Trademarks                                                                                                                    |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]**                                                                           |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)                                                                       |           |            |   | $ 21 | $ 19 |   |
| Brazilian Reporting Unit [Member]                                                                                             |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| **Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]**                                                                           |           |            |   |   |   |   |
| Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)                                                        | $ 1            | $ 3             | $ 7 |   |   |   |
| Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)                                                                       |           | $ 24            | $ 43 |   |   |   |

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| - Definition
Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.
+ References
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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.
+ References
No definition available.
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| - Definition
Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.
+ References
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| X                                                                                                                                              |
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