we are starting vs we will be starting

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'We are starting' is used to indicate an action that is happening in the present or near future, while 'We will be starting' is used to indicate a future action that will happen at a specific time or as part of a plan.

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we are starting

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate an action that is happening in the present or near future.

This phrase is used to indicate that an action is beginning at the current moment or will begin very soon.

Examples:

We are starting the meeting in five minutes.
We are starting our journey tomorrow morning.

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And we are starting a biomedical engineering program, so that we will train people locally, who can repair that equipment.
I am pleased that we are starting to make some serious progress on it.
So we are starting to get a handle on this, but only just the beginnings.
Finally, on external policy, we are starting to see the fruits of a new coherence and determination in that policy.
So we are starting the debate with Mr Ford's speech.
So I agree with what others have said: if we are starting to act now, it is too little, too late.
Across Europe we are starting to talk about new nuclear capacity, and that is good.
I think that we are starting to find one, and this Commission has done an excellent job on that.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting on one of the longestvoting sessions in our history with 972 amendments.
Digital technology also makes life for many very easy, with the result that we are starting to look for stimulation outside this environment.
We have already agreed on the Vibration Directive and now we are starting discussions on an optical radiation directive.
Apart from undertaking the specific commitments set out in this agenda, we are starting to prepare a communication on health and safety and future strategies for health and safety.
Where is the internal dynamism you say we are starting to acquire?
It is no surprise that we are starting with an application from France, linked to the difficulties experienced by Peugeot and Renault suppliers, for a sum of EUR 3.8 million.
With its increased focus on infringements of Community law other than late transposition, including more information on individual sectors, the latest scoreboard of July 2008 represents a first step in this direction, and we are starting to take a broader view.
Therefore, in this 'nano' age, it is a good thing that we are starting to focus on this subject and I agree with both the Commission and the rapporteur that we need a uniform size labelling system for clothing and footwear.
Competitiveness and work are incontrovertibly and historically inseparable concepts, and we are starting to realise that worthwhile work is only part of a worthwhile life.
Yet we are starting to think things over.
Good brothers, we are starting off soon.
I think we are starting to improve things.

Alternatives:

We are beginning
We are commencing
We are kicking off

we will be starting

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a future action that will happen at a specific time or as part of a plan.

This phrase is used to indicate a future action that is planned to start at a specific time or as part of a schedule.