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Borrowings and Lines of Credit (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 03, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 10, 2020	May 06, 2020	Apr. 03, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 23, 2020	Mar. 20, 2020	Mar. 16, 2020	Feb. 11, 2020	Feb. 10, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum Commercial Paper Borrowing Authority		$ 5,000
Short Term Line of Credit Facilities Remaining Borrowing Capacities		1,000
Issuance of long-term debt		$ 2,004	$ (19)	$ 13,337
Debt Exchanged					$ 8,200
Average Years of Maturity of Long Term Debt		14 years
Debt Percentage Bearing Variable Interest Rate		1.00%	9.00%
Aggregate Line of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 7,000
Other borrowings		87	$ 2,293
$2.0B revolving credit agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement												$ 2,000
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement	$ 4,000
Repayments of Lines of Credit	$ 2,100
Revolving Credit Agreement, Current [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						$ 2,000					$ 5,000
Termination of Credit Agreement							$ 2,200
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement							$ 2,150
March 23, 2020 $500M term credit agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement									$ 500
March 20, 2020 $500M Term Loan Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement										$ 500
March 2020 Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other borrowings								$ 1,000
1.0B Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement													$ 1,000
1.75B Credit Agreement - Carrier [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination of Credit Agreement													$ 1,750
Matures March 15 2021 [Member] \| Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 5,000
Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issuance of long-term debt			$ 0