Income Taxes - Schedule of Valuation Allowance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Increase Decrease of Valuation of Allowance [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 207	$ 219	$ 219
Increase	8	27	15
Decrease	0	(33)	(14)
Other	1	(6)	(1)
Ending Balance	$ 216	$ 207	$ 219

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Amount of decrease in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset.

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Represents dispositions/revisions/foreign exchange rate variances and the effect of statutory income tax rate changes.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-2

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-2

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