Divestitures and Held for Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jul. 01, 2019	Jun. 28, 2019	Apr. 23, 2018
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt				$ 949	$ 386	$ 564
Earnings before income taxes				1,552	(21)	887
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses	$ (437)			(437)	0	0
Embraco | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal group, consideration							$ 1,100		$ 1,080
Repayments of long-term debt	1,000
Gain on disposal, before tax	511
Gain on disposal, after tax	$ 350
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $8					198
Inventories					165
Prepaid and other current assets					42
Property, net of accumulated depreciation of $616					364
Other noncurrent assets					49
Total assets					818
Accounts payable					361
Accrued expenses					27
Accrued advertising and promotion					12
Other current liabilities					55
Other noncurrent liabilities					34
Total liabilities					489
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable					8
Property, accumulated depreciation					616
Earnings before income taxes				$ 47	$ 53	$ 90
South Africa Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment of assets held-for-sale		$ 35
South Africa Operations | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal group, consideration								$ 5
(Gain) loss on sale and disposal of businesses			$ 63
Impairment of assets held-for-sale			29
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment			34
Turkey | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring and related cost, incurred cost			$ 11