beggar-my-neighbor strategy

beggar-my-neighbor strategy
    n 1: a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others;
         used especially of national policy; "the United States has
         pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy" [syn: {beggar-my-
         neighbor policy}, {beggar-my-neighbour policy}, {beggar-my-
         neighbor strategy}, {beggar-my-neighbour strategy}]