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“The ‘clawback’ concept has emerged out of discussions between Hillary Clinton and her economic advisers in recent months | Getty Clinton to call for tax benefits 'clawback' on outsourcing companies

Hillary Clinton will deliver a major speech on jobs and the economy Friday afternoon, calling for a “clawback” of tax benefits for companies that outsource jobs overseas.

According to a Clinton aide, the Democratic front-runner will push for a “new bargain” with corporations, urging companies to do right by their communities, employers to view their workers as assets to be invested in rather than as cost-cutting opportunities, and government to invest domestically in places that will create the jobs of the future.

Speaking at a manufacturing facility in Detroit, Clinton will highlight Michigan as a prime example of how to create jobs of the future and raise wages in a new economy. She is expected to slam the government for “rewarding greed and special interests” with tax benefits as she introduces her "clawback," a proposal that would revoke the tax relief and additional incentives companies receive in effort to encourage more investment on American soil.

“The ‘clawback’ concept has emerged out of discussions between Clinton and her economic advisers in recent months as she has sought new ways to confront the problem of reduced economic patriotism,” the aide said.

The aide said the clawback would apply for several past years, and Clinton would use its revenue to encourage more domestic investment, especially in communities that have been ravaged by jobs and production that have gone abroad.

The clawback will be the third tax plan Clinton has put forward that targets U.S. companies that outsource jobs. It follows her proposals in December to put in place an exit tax on companies that participate in so-called “corporate inversion” practices and a crackdown on “earnings stripping,” a tax avoidance strategy that shifts profits overseas.