DIVESTITURES / SPINOFF Narrative (Details) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended						6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 CNY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 CNY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of	$ (5)					$ (186)		$ (70)		$ (186)
IP Asia Packaging [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held-for-sale, long lived, fair value disclosure			$ 149				$ 149
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of							(41)
Severance			$ 24
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of and divestiture transaction costs	5							70
Increase (Decrease) in Other Receivables	7	¥ 43
Other Receivables	17							17
Income (loss) from individually significant component disposed of or held-for-sale, excluding discontinued operations, attributable to parent, before income tax	$ (7)					(2)		(80)		(7)
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, consideration in RMB								$ 149	¥ 1,000
IP Asia Packaging [Member] | Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Liabilities assumed							$ 55
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] | IP-Sun JV [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held-for-sale, long lived, fair value disclosure						23				23
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of						$ (186)				$ (186)
Percentage of equity interest						55.00%				55.00%
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, consideration in RMB				$ 23	¥ 149
Income (Loss) from Individually Significant Component Disposed of or Held-for-sale, Excluding Discontinued Operations, before Income Tax						$ (208)				$ (238)
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of, net of tax						125
Income (loss) from individually significant component disposed of or held-for-sale, excluding discontinued operations, attributable to noncontrolling interest, before income tax						$ (9)				$ (19)