beggar thy neighbor

基本解释

They lived through the '30s "beggar thy neighbor" policy, saw what it led to in the '40s.
他们经历过上世纪30年代盛行的“以邻为壑”政策，也亲眼目睹了这种政策在40年代导致的恶果。
Buy American provisions invite retaliation by other nations, and the spread of 'beggar thy neighbor' policies throughout the world.
但“买美国货”条款只会招来其他国家的报复，并可能引起“以邻为壑”政策在全球的盛行。
We should commit ourselves to make a larger cake of shared interest, create more opportunities for other countries, and reject beggar thy neighbor policies or harming others to one’s own advantage.
中欧美应坚持把共同利益的蛋糕做大，为其他国家的发展带来更多的机遇，而不应做损人利己、与邻为壑的事情。

These beggar thy neighbor policies led to the collapse of world trade and capital flows during the Great Depression.
FORBES: Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t Move down
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff—passed by Congress in the early 1930s—triggered beggar thy neighbor trade policies in other countries, raising taxes on tens of thousands of imported goods.
FORBES: On Its 83rd Anniversary, Lessons From The Great Depression
During the 1930s countries had resorted to beggar-thy-neighbor policies, such as devaluing currencies and imposing trade and capital restrictions.
FORBES: Magazine Article