Question for Economists

[nicky g]

Am working on something which requires more knowledge of economics than I currently have and was wondering if anyone could briefly answer the following: is a negative trade deficit a problem for a country that is running a positive balance of payments? (The situation I'm looking at involves poor countries that have negative trade balances, but receive large remittances from expatriate workers overseas leading to a positive BoP). Is it the BoP that really matters?