Long-Term Employee Benefits (Schedule of Information for Pension Plans with Projected Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets) (Details) - Pension Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Projected benefit obligation	$ 24,779	$ 25,769
Accumulated benefit obligation	24,297	24,715
Fair value of plan assets	$ 16,601	$ 17,162

The pension accumulated benefit obligation for pension plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of the measurement date of each statement of financial position presented.

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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.

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If aggregate disclosures are presented, the aggregate benefit obligation for plans with benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of the measurement date of each statement of financial position presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e2417-114920

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If aggregate disclosures are presented, the aggregate fair value of plan assets for plans with benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of the measurement date of each statement of financial position presented.

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