Employee Benefit Plans (Pension and Postretirement Plans Target and Weighted-Average Asset Allocations) (Details) - Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
U.S.
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	100.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	100.00%	100.00%
U.S. \| Equity Securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	30.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	30.00%	30.00%
U.S. \| Debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	70.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	70.00%	70.00%
U.S. \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	0.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	0.00%	0.00%
Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	100.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Equity Securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	15.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	16.00%	18.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	80.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	79.00%	77.00%
Non-U.S. Plans \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations, in percentage	5.00%
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocation, in percentage	5.00%	6.00%

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Percentage of actual 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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