TRANSFERS OF FINANCIAL ASSETS (Sale of Trade Accounts Receivable in North America and Europe) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale, Gain (Loss) on Sale	$ (25)	$ (20)	$ (15)
Carrying value of interests held	$ 677	$ 1,237
Percentage of anticipated credit losses	2.64%	0.36%
Impact to carrying value - 10% adverse change	$ 0	$ 1
Impact to carrying value - 20% adverse change	1	1
Assets that Continue to be Recognized, Securitized or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement Assets and any Other Financial Assets Managed Together, Net Credit Losses During Period			1
Sale of receivables	1	1	18
Collections reinvested in revolving receivables	21,293	21,652	22,951
Interests in conduits 1	2,269	1,257	$ 1,034
Delinquencies on sold receivables still outstanding	82	86
Trade accounts receivable outstanding and derecognized	612	2,257
Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee, Purchases of Previously Transferred Financial Assets	$ 5	$ 4

Amount of net credit losses charged off.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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-Subparagraph (e)(5)
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Rate at which principal will not be repaid on securitized financial assets regardless of when the transfer occurred.

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This is the amount of the financial instruments that are considered delinquent (past due) at the end of the period.

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The carrying amount (fair value) as of the balance sheet date of the transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (typically securitized receivables, generally not involved in the collection of principal) following transfer of significant portions of such financial instruments to other parties. Such interests could be ancillary cash flows and interest-only strips.

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of the expected credit losses, including expected static pool losses, on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction, at the date of derecognition.

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