In this Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, photo, Bangladeshi garment workers manufacture clothing in a factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. About a year before a November fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big clothing companies met nearby in the country’s capital to discuss a legally binding contract that would govern safety inspections. But after a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, got up and said the proposal wasn’t “financially feasible,” the effort quickly lost momentum. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)