Income Taxes Income Taxes - Reconciliation to US Statutory Rate (Details) - Continuing Operations [Member]		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Effective tax rates on international operations - net	[1]	(1.80%)	(3.50%)	(2.50%)
Acquisitions, divestitures, and ownership restructuring activities	[2]	(3.60%)	(5.40%)	(0.10%)
U.S. research and development credit		(5.90%)	(2.20%)	(2.40%)
Exchange gains/losses	[3]	2.00%	3.70%	1.90%
State and Local Income Taxes		0.90%	0.30%	2.10%
Impact of Swiss Tax Changes	[4]	(7.90%)	0.00%	(0.20%)
Excess tax benefits (tax deficiency) from stock-compensation		(0.50%)	(0.70%)	(0.20%)
Tax settlements and expiration of statue of limitations		(0.30%)	0.10%	0.00%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Repatriation of Foreign Earnings, Percent	[5]	2.90%	1.70%	1.00%
Other, net		(0.10%)	(0.30%)	(1.30%)
Effective Income Tax Rate		13.90%	14.70%	22.30%

[1] Includes the effects of local and U.S. taxes related to earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries, changes in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits associated with these earnings, losses at non-U.S. subsidiaries without local tax benefits due to valuation allowances, and other permanent differences between tax and U.S. GAAP results. Includes a tax benefit of $(36) million for the year ended December 31, 2022, relating to the release of a valuation allowance recorded against the net deferred tax asset position of a legal entity in Brazil.

[2] Includes net tax charge of $46 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, associated with intellectual property realignment. Includes net tax benefits of $(55) million and $(42) million for the year ended December 31, 2022, related to deferred tax assets established upon change in a U.S. entity's tax characterization, and a worthless stock deduction on Company's investment in a subsidiary after a change in the entity's legal structure, respectively.

[3] Principally reflects the impact of foreign exchange gains and losses on net monetary assets for which no corresponding tax impact is realized. Further information about the company's foreign currency hedging program is included in Note 7 - Supplementary Information, and Note 20 - Financial Instruments, under the heading Foreign Currency Risk.

[4] Includes net tax benefits of $(62) million and $(24) million for the year ended December 31, 2023, related to changes in deferred taxes and a tax currency change, respectively.

[5] Includes the effect of withholding tax on distribution of foreign earnings to the U.S., net of U.S. foreign tax credits.