DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES - Derivative Financial Instrument Recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	$ 7	$ 17
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	2	3
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	21	9
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	0	4
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Forward starting floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 168	$ 165
Term	11 years	8 years
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Forward starting floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	$ 0	$ 0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Forward starting floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	0	0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Forward starting floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	2	0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Forward starting floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	0	3
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount	549	505
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	5	17
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	2	3
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	19	7
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	0	1
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount	14	54
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	2	1
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	0	0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	0	1
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	0	0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Net Investment Hedging \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 572	$ 564
Term	3 months	3 months
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Net Investment Hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	$ 0	$ 0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Net Investment Hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other noncurrent assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset designated as hedging instrument	0	0
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Net Investment Hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	1	1
Derivatives designated as hedges \| Net Investment Hedging \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability designated as hedging instrument	0	0
Derivatives not designated as hedges \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount	4,661	4,797
Derivatives not designated as hedges \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset not designated as hedging instrument	9	12
Derivatives not designated as hedges \| Currency exchange contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability not designated as hedging instrument	$ 11	$ 8
Minimum \| Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Term	1 month	1 month
Minimum \| Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Term	1 month	1 month
Minimum \| Derivatives not designated as hedges \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Term	1 month	1 month
Maximum \| Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Term	16 months	25 months
Maximum \| Derivatives designated as hedges \| Cash flow hedging \| Commodity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Term	11 months	12 months
Maximum \| Derivatives not designated as hedges \| Currency exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Term	10 months	7 months

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