WASHINGTON — There is some bipartisan support in Kentucky for President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on imported cars, even though analysts predict the levies will drive up sticker prices by thousands of dollars. The 25% tariff will take effect next week, with a similar tax on auto parts coming in May.

The United Auto Workers (UAW), a union that endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, is celebrating the move.

Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, told Spectrum News in a statement that he welcomes any effort to protect Louisville’s union autoworkers and support domestic auto manufacturing.

His district is home to the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and the Ford Louisville Assembly.

“These tariffs alone are not enough–they must be backed by a sound strategy that delivers actual change for American workers and reshores auto working jobs,” McGarvey said. “Louisville families, including the thousands who work in the auto industry, are already struggling with rising costs under the Trump administration.”

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, whose district is home to a massive Toyota plant in Georgetown, said the tariffs could help American carmakers increase exports of U.S.-made vehicles to markets overseas.

“We are home to Toyota, a foreign-owned company, but American jobs, and so this is actually a powerful incentive to actually bring foreign manufacturers to Kentucky, and Toyota is a good model,” he said.

Todd Dunn, president of the UAW Local 862 in Louisville, said the tariff is a “long time coming” to bring more auto manufacturing jobs to the U.S.

However, local union leaders are concerned about the potential impact on increased costs for consumers and how that will affect production demands, Dunn said.