U.S. House members in two of Alabama's three districts with major automotive plants Thursday criticized President Donald Trump's plans to impose 25% tariffs on automobiles and automobile parts. The tariffs could hit Alabama's car plants hard. Most of Alabama's leading imports in 2023 " including oil, engines, transmissions and ignition sets " went toward building automobiles. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Selma, whose district includes the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, wrote on social media Thursday that she has not supported tariffs on automobile parts since Trump proposed them in his first term in 2019.