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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures
Information about net periodic benefit cost for our company-sponsored pension and postretirement benefit plans is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Three Months Ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
416

 
$
390

 
$
7

 
$
7

 
$
16

 
$
15

Interest cost
449

 
462

 
26

 
28

 
12

 
10

Expected return on assets
(801
)
 
(712
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(20
)
 
(16
)
Amortization of prior service cost
49

 
48

 
2

 
2

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
113

 
$
188

 
$
33

 
$
35

 
$
8

 
$
9