Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits - Asset Allocations (Details) - Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Domestic plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%	100.00%
Domestic plan [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	10.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	58.00%	32.00%
Domestic plan [Member] \| Debt Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	90.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	36.00%	64.00%
Domestic plan [Member] \| Other [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	0.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	6.00%	4.00%
Foreign [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%	100.00%
Foreign [Member] \| Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	37.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	33.00%	34.00%
Foreign [Member] \| Debt Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	53.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	45.00%	45.00%
Foreign [Member] \| Other [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target Plan Asset Allocations	10.00%
Actual Plan Asset Allocations	22.00%	21.00%

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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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